This model shows Champlain’s settlement, built between 1608 and 1609 at the foot of Cape Diamant. Originally, the wooden building served as a fur trading post and food storage area. It was rebuilt in stone in 1624. The remains of this settlement were found in the late 1970s during the archaeological digs under the Place-Royale.

1857 - 1947

Samuel de Champlain’s founding of Québec City

The French explorer Samuel de Champlain founded a lasting colonial settlement, which would eventually become Québec City. Established in 1608, the “Habitation de Québec” settlement became the capital of New France. Settlers and missionaries soon moved to the colony. This album presents the beginnings of Québec City, as it was in Champlain’s time.

Model of Champlain’s Habitation de Québec settlement

Thaddée Lebel This model shows Champlain’s settlement, built between 1608 and 1609 at the foot of Cape Diamant. Originally, the wooden building served as a fur trading post and food storage area. It was rebuilt in stone in 1624. The remains of this settlement were found in the late 1970s during the archaeological digs under the Place-Royale.

Chronoscope What building stands on the settlement site today? (unilingual French for a limited time)

Depicted period: 1947

Source: Ville de Québec Document in the public domain (free of copyright) - Thaddée Lebel Fonds - Date: circa 1947

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