SJI Park Open Space Documentary : July 2014

Father of Farming in Canada and My Ancestor "Louis Hebert"

He was (Le premier colon au Québec) the first colonist and (première famille établie) his family was the first to settle in Québec in 1617 setting sail with Samuel DE CHAMPLAIN who had arrived in 1610. He was an (Apothécaire français) French apothecary. He was also the first white settler in Port-Royal, Nova Scotia. He returned to France in 1622. Since he wanted to remain in the new country, he acquired two fiefs in 1623 and 1626. He cultivated a plot of land on Cape Diamond in the heart of the present day city of Québec. He was harassed by the merchant but this First Canadian farmer persevered and his family was one of the oldest in the country From

Etymology; Acadia/Arcadia

The origin of the designation Acadia is credited to the explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, who on his 16th century map applied the ancient Greek name "Arcadia" to the entire Atlantic coast north of Virginia (note the inclusion of the 'r' of the original Greek name). "Arcadia" derives from the Arcadia district in Greece which since Classical antiquity had the extended meanings of "refuge" or "idyllic place". The Dictionary of Canadian Biography says: "Arcadia, the name Verrazzano gave to Maryland or Virginia 'on account of the beauty of the trees,'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acadia>

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