Early European colonists, who will later become…
1605 CE
Early European colonists, who will later become known as Acadians, are French subjects primarily from the Pleumartin to Poitiers in the Vienne département of west-central France.
The first French settlement had been established by Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons, Governor of Acadia, under the authority of King Henry IV, on Saint Croix Island in 1604.
The settlement is moved across the Bay of Fundy to Port Royal the following year, after a difficult winter on the island and deaths from scurvy.