Canada – Page 27 – History Moments

Parkman Vol. 1 Part II, Chapter 16

English attack Quebec; Quebec incapable of defense. Only fifty pounds of gunpowder were left in the magazine; and the fort, owing to the neglect and

England threw open her colonies to all who wished to enter, -- to the suffering and oppressed, the bold, active, and enterprising. France shut out

Already at birth, the reasons why France would not, could not succeed in Canada were becoming apparent. Why New France Failed.Our special

As we turn the ancient, worm-eaten page which preserves the simple record of his fortunes, a wild and dreary scene rises before the mind . . . .

By the Indian standard, it was a mighty nation; yet the entire Huron population did not exceed that of a third or fourth class American city. In the

. . . from them the voyager learned that the great lake of the Hurons was close at hand. The headline "Lake Huron Discovered" was not for Champlain

"You are a liar." "Which way did you go?" "By what rivers?" "By what lakes?" "Who went with you?" They pursued the truth: Was Champlain

Now, like a wall bristling at the top with woody islets, the Falls of the Chats faced them with the sheer plunge of their sixteen cataracts . . . .

In Champlain alone was the life of New France. By instinct and temperament he was more impelled to the adventurous toils of exploration than to the