Panel Seven

Transcript

Transcript

Lessons learned

[Main text]
"The Sieur de Mons decided to remove elsewhere...to escape the cold and dreadful winter...." Samuel Champlain Journal, 1605 (translation)

After the terrible winter, Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons, ordered his men to take down the buildings and relocate. The French had learned valuable lessons about North America. This time, they chose a mainland site with a fresh water supply. This time, they built for winter weather. This time, the colony, Port Royal, succeeded.

[Top left]
Did you know? Some who came to Saint Croix Island became leading figures in Acadia and New France. Jean Biencourt de Poutrincourt headed the colony of Port Royal, the nucleus of Acadia. Samuel Champlain founded Quebec City and acted as Governor of New France.

[Lower right]
One reason the colony succeeded at Port Royal is that the French learned many survival lessons from the Mi'kmaw people there.

Description

Audio file for the seventh panel.

Duration

1 minute, 6 seconds

Credit

NPS/Ed Bassett, Passamaquoddy; Lee Billingsley, Speaker

Copyright and Usage Info

View Usage Information Multimedia credited to NPS without any copyright symbol are public domain. Multimedia credited with a copyright symbol (indicating that the creator may maintain rights to the work) or credited to any entity other than NPS must not be presumed to be public domain; contact the host park or program to ascertain who owns the material. « Hide Usage Information