Over the Border: Acadia, the Home of "Evangeline"

Produced by Mary Wampler, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions.
BY Eliza Chase
Here lies the East…does not the day break here?
1604. De Monts' first landing on Eastern coast. (May 16)
1604. De Monts and suite arrive at Port Royal. (about June 1)
1606. De Monts returns from France with supplies for his colony.
1606. Port Royal abandoned.
1610. Return of De Poutrincourt.
1612. Jesuit priests sent oat from France. (Founding of St. Sauveur colony at Mt Desert)
1613. Destruction of Port Royal by Argall. (after breaking up settlement at Mt. Desert)
1628. Scotch colony broken up at Port Royal.