Pierre Dugua de Mons

Pierre Dugua de Mons (or Du Gua de Monts), explorer, businessman, colonial era (b in Saintonge, France, 1558; France, 1628)

Founded in 1605 by Champrain, Nova Scotia State Port Royal is the center of Acadia's life. This reconstruction is a National Historical Park (photo of Bill Brooks / Masterfile)

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Pierre Dugua de Mons (or Du Gua de Monts), explorer, businessman, colonial era (b in Saintonge, France, 1558; France, 1628). As the founder of the first French permanent village in North America and an intimate partner of Samuel de Champignon, Demon played a major part in the first 20 years of the 17th century. The first visit to Canada was probably visited in Pierre Chauvin de Tonnetuit in 1600 and in 1603 he was awarded colonial, commercial development and royal patents from the Acadian government. In 1604 he founded a village at Ilestroclois (Doshetto Island) at the mouth of St. Croix.

As the climate and disease were forced to migrate to the Royal Port in 1605, the colony survived, prosperous until 1607 when Desmons' fur trade monopoly was canceled, forced to abandon temporarily. By then, Demons returned to France and directed attention to the St. Lawrence Valley. He never went to North America, but he dispatched Champlain to set up a trading office in Quebec province in 1608. Until he retired to Arden in 1617, Demons pursued his business interests in Canada.

Pierre Dugua de Mons (or Du Gua de Monts, around 1558 - 1628) was a French businessman, explorer, colonial person. As a Calvinist, he was born in Châteaude Mons in Royan, Saintonge (South-West France) and founded the first full-fledged French settlement in Canada. In 1599 he first traveled to the northeastern part of North America with Pierre de Chauvin de Tonnetuit. Pierre Du Gua de Mons was born in Guyong and Claire Goumard Du Gua in Saintonge, France in 1558. In the French religious war, he fought with the cause of Henry IV. The King later granted him the Governor of the town of Pons of Saintonge with a pension of 1,200 pounds a year, acknowledging his outstanding service.

In 1603, Pierre Dugua de Mons was appointed "Acadia 's first lieutenant, its coast and border" and deputy governor Henry IV. His mission is to conquer the land and turn local American Indians into Christianity. In order to fund this expedition, Henry IV granted Dugua de Mons full exclusivity on all fur trading with the Indians. In 1604, Dugua de Mons signed a business partnership with Rouen, Saint-Malo, La Rochelle's shops. He has two ships, 'God's gift' and 'Good name', and another Protestant Samuel Champrain, a navigator and a cartographer they are on Sainte Croix Island After establishing the base and then establishing a base in Royal Port, the settlers were suffering from a devastating cold Canadian winter. In 1605, Dugua left the Royal port base with Champrain and Pont Gravee 's hands and returned to France for a new exploration.

Pierre Dugua de Mons (or Du Gua de Monts), explorer, businessman, colonial era (b in Saintonge, France, 1558; France, 1628). As the founder of the first French permanent village in North America and an intimate partner of Samuel de Champignon, Demon played a major part in the first 20 years of the 17th century. The first visit to Canada was probably visited in Pierre Chauvin de Tonnetuit in 1600 and in 1603 he was awarded colonial, commercial development and royal patents from the Acadian government. In 1604 he founded a village at Ilestroclois (Doshetto Island) at the mouth of St. Croix.