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  1. nationalparks.org

    Saint Croix Island International Historic Site marks the beginning of French presence in North America, and includes sculpture-laden walking trails. ... Saint Croix Island International Historic Site is a monument to the beginning of the United States and Canada. In 1604, Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons, accompanied by Samuel Champlain and 77 other ...
  2. Aug 23, 2024The winter of 1604-1605 on Saint Croix Island was a cruel one for Pierre Dugua's French expedition. Iced in by freezing temperatures and cut off from fresh water and game, 35 of 79 men died. As spring arrived and native people traded game for bread, the health of those remaining improved. Although the expedition moved on by summer, the beginning of French presence in North America had begun.
  3. National Park Service History Electronic Library & Archive

    npshistory.com › publications › foundation-documents › sacr-fd-overview.pdf

    · Saint Croix Island, in the St. Croix River at the border of the United States (Maine) and Canada (New Brunswick), is the location of one of the earliest European settlements in North America (1604), which led to a lasting French cultural presence on the continent. · The valuable insight gained from the Saint Croix Island
  4. Sep 27, 2024Permanent French presence in North America may be traced back to Saint Croix Island. Members of a French expedition led by Pierre Dugua intending to colonize North America landed uopn the island in 1604. Seventy-nine members of the expedition, including Samuel Champlain, passed the severe winter of 1604-1605 on the island.
  5. We recognize that Saint Croix Island International Historic Site sits upon ancestral, unceded homelands of the Passamaquoddy, 'the people who spear pollock'. The island represents the first contact between the French and Passamaquoddy. The French understood little about the land and environment, and they were assisted in their survival by ...
  6. en.wikipedia.org

    St. Croix or Saint Croix [1] is an unincorporated community in northern Oil Township, Perry County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]The community lies along on the western edge of the Hoosier National Forest, near the intersection of State Road 62, Interstate 64, and State Road 37, northeast of the city of Tell City, the county seat of Perry County. [2] ...
  7. Curlie directory for category Regional: North America: United States: Indiana: Localities: S: Saint Croix. Only the most general sites concerning this community should be submitted here. Please take a moment to find the most ap...
  8. Saint Croix Island International Historic Site, located along the U.S.A.- Canada border in Maine, commemorates the founding of one of the earliest sites of European settlement in North America. In 1604, a group of 79 French colonists, led by the Sieur de Mons and cartographer, Samuel Champlain, built a tiny settlement and overwintered on the ...
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