9 of the oldest outposts in Canada where people still live
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10/03/2012
Nine of the oldest villages towns cities, in Canada
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St. John's, Newfoundland, discovered by John Cabot in 1497, he actually made it to Mainland North America unlike some people. -
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Tadoussac, Quebec was the 1st french trading post in New France, in 1600. -
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Port-Royal, Nova Scotia was settled first by the french in 1605. -
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Quebec City, was founded in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain. -
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Cupids, Newfoundland, in 1610 they got down to serious business here building a brewery. -
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Saint John, New Brunswick, founded by Samuel de Champlain on Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day in 1631. -
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Montreal, started as a fur trading outpost in 1642 -
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Placentia, Newfoundland founded in 1662. Winston Churchill and F.D.R met on warships in the bay to outline goals for the allies in WW2 -
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Kingston, Ontario, founded by the french in 1673. -
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L'Anse aux Meadows is the only known Norse site in North America outside of Greenland and represents the farthest known extent of European exploration and settlement of the New World before the voyages of Christopher Columbus almost 500 years later. It was named a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1978.
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