Visiting Montreal

A Jacques Cartier statue at Cap-Rouge, site of the first French attempt to establish a colony along the St. Lawrence River.

A Jacques Cartier statue at Cap-Rouge, site of the first French attempt to establish a colony along the St. Lawrence River.

Jacques Cartier

Learn about Jacques Cartiers’ encounters with the indigenous peoples of Hochelaga, a village that stood near the site of present-day Montreal.

You can also learn about France’s first attempt to establish a colony in present-day Canada. Today a plaque located in the Cap-Rouge neighborhood of Quebec City marks the site of this failed colony.