I think we found a misprint in Hstory Stories For Children

[spidermansmum]

We were doing Little Hearts For His Glory On week 25 /day 5
reading in History Stories For children on page 191 it starts by saying

In the year 1608,the next year after the English settled at Jamestown,a brave Frenchman began to build a town in canada

Forgive me -Im an English girl but the Mayflower didnt arrive until 1620.Im a bit confused.When was the year that quebec was founded ?Many thanks for helping me understand -
Thankyou

[Jen in Va]

You're right, the Mayflower didn't arrive until 1620, but 13 years before that Jamestown was settled in what is current day Virginia. It was the first permanent English settlement in the New World. It's 400th anniversary was celebrated in 2007--Queen Elizabeth was on hand to commemorate the day.

From Wikipedia:

Quebec City was founded in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain. Some other towns were founded before, most famously Tadoussac in 1604 which still exists today, but Quebec was the first to be meant as a permanent settlement and not a simple trade post. Over time, it became the capital of French Canada and all of New France.

Hope that helps!

[spidermansmum]

Thankyou so much .Your post helped so much thankyou.I remember the Queen going to Canada- now I know why.