USamuel de Champlain wayeyindoda ebalulekile ku Umlando waseCanada ngoba wayephethe ukusungula idolobha lase Quebec ngo-1608, yingakho yaziwa njenge- "Ubaba weNew France”. Ungumatilosi, umdwebi wamabalazwe, umdwebi wamasango, isosha, umhloli wamazwe, isazi sokuma kwezwe, umthwebuli wezinhlanga, idiplomat kanye nomlando wokuzalwa owazalelwa edolobheni elincane eFrance elibizwa ngeBrouage.
Ekuqaleni kwekhulu leshumi nesikhombisa, i Inkosi yaseFrance uHenry IV waqoka u-Champlain njengo-hydrographer wasebukhosini womqhele waseFrance. Ngokushesha ngemuva kwalokhu, u-Champlain wayephethe ukuthola indawo efanelekayo ukuze akwazi ukusungula isikhungo sezohwebo. Ekugcineni nangemva kweminyaka eminingana yokuhlola insimu, wahlela izindawo zakhe zokuhlala e-Acadia, manje eyaziwa njenge IScotland entsha.
NgoJulayi 3, 1608, uChamplain wafika endaweni "Ithiphu ye-Quebec" futhi waqala ukwakha izakhiwo ezithile zamapulangwe zinezitezi ezimbili ukuphakama ngalinye, kanye nendawo yokuhweba eceleni komfula iSt. Lawrence. Lezi zakhiwo zakhiwa njengesibonakaliso sokuqala sekoloni laseFrance futhi ngale ndlela kwaqala idolobha laseQuebec elaziwa namuhla.
Kusukela lapho, amaFrance ayephethe ukulima umhlaba nokwandisa imithombo yemvelo yendawo, okwathi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kwaba okwamanje I-Québec City, indawo lapho u-Champlain ashonela khona ngoKhisimusi 1635.
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