SCOUT· 63%2h 12m·2026-06-14·HistoryFrench Canada, pt. 1 -- Unlocking the Gates of the Continent, 1608-1648
No other American colony projected such extensive power with so few people. We recount how the French explored the vast northern region they called “Canada” for decades in pursuit of furs and the Northwest Passage, but repeatedly failed to plant a lasting colony in the harsh and forbidding land—until they found in…
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