- 1610s in Canada
"See also:"
1600s in Canada ,
other events of the 1610s,1620s in Canada and thelist of 'years in Canada' .----
Events
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1610 -11: The English explorerHenry Hudson , in Dutch service, continues the fruitless search for a passage to Asia.*
1610 : Henry Hudson, in service of theNetherlands , explores the river named for him. Hudson exploresHudson Bay in spite of a mutinous crew.Manhattan Indians attack his ship.Mahican people make peaceful contact, and a lucrativefur trade begins.*
1610 :Etienne Brule lives amongHuron and is first European to see Lakes Ontario, Huron and Superior.*
1611 : Champlain builds fur post atMontreal .*
1612 : Champlain is named Governor ofNew France .*
1613 : In response to gunfire aimed at them, theBeothuk of Newfoundland kill 37 French fisherman. The French retaliate by arming theMicmac , traditional enemies of the Beothuk, and offering bounties for scalps. The Beothuk are soon virtually exterminated.*
1613 :Port Royal sacked bySamuel Argall and hispirate s fromVirginia .*
1613 :St. John's, Newfoundland is founded.*
1614 :Franciscan Recollet friars arrive to convert the Indians.*
1615 : FrenchRoman Catholic missionaries arrive in Canada.*
1615 : Champlain attacks Onondaga villages with the help of a Huron war party, this turning the Iroquois League against the French.*
1616 -20:Smallpox epidemic strikes New England tribes betweenNarragansett Bay and thePenobscot River .*
1617 : Louis Hebert, an apothecary who had stayed at Port Royal twice, brings his wife and children toQuebec , thus becoming the first true "habitant " (permanent settler supporting his family from the soil).
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