Explorer Samuel: Canada and History

explorer samuel: The premier said the history of Canada started three years earlier, when French explorer Samuel de Champlain founded a settlement at Port Royal, N.S., now a national historic site in his riding, according to The Chronicle Herald. The history of Canada started in 1605 in Port Royal when Mi'kmaq Grand Chief Henri Membertou welcomed Champlain here in peace and friendship, the premier said Thursday after making an announcement in Fall River, N.S. It is unfortunate that people will try to rewrite history. Stephen McNeil said the CBC program, Canada The Story of Us, was wrong to assert that the country's first permanent European settlement was established in 1608 near what is now Quebec City. The fact of the matter is that Canada was founded here. The premier said Canada's public broadcaster should correct the mistake. Multicultural Canada began here in Port Royal. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.