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Jacques Cartier
Jacques Cartier
(; December 31, 1491September 1, 1557) was a
French
explorer
of
Breton
origin who claimed what is now Canada for France. Jacques Cartier was the first European to describe and map the
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
and the shores of the
Saint Lawrence River
, which he
named "The Country of Canadas
", after the
Iroquois names
for the two big settlements he saw at
Stadacona (Quebec City)
and at
Hochelaga (Montreal Island)
.
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Jacques-Cartier
Jacques-Cartier
is an electoral district in the
West Island
of
Montreal
,
Canada
, that elects members to the
National Assembly of Quebec
. It is the only provincial electoral district in
Quebec
with an
Anglophone
majority.
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