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Date Event Tribe Chief
1599 Pierre de Chauvin Expedition 1600 -
Pierre Chauvin and Fran?ois Grave Du Pont received the fur trade monopoly for New France from French King Henry IV.
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1599 Pierre de Chauvin Expedition 1600 -
Pierre Chauvin leaves the port of Honfleur in France with 4 ships and colonists on board.
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April 1600 Pierre de Chauvin Expedition 1600 -
Pierre Chauvin established the first French trading post in New France at Tadoussac, around 100 km north-east of Québec. It can be assumed that he came into contact with the Montagnais and Algonquins there.

But only 5 of the 16 men survived the first winter.
Montagnais (Innu)
Algonquin
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Replica of Pierre Chauvin's trading post from the year 1600 Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Chauvin_de_Tonnetuit.