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The French trading post at Port Royal (now Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia) was established in 1605 by Pierre du Gua de Monts and Samuel de Champlain.12
The two men had originally led a group of settlers to Acadia in 1604, initially founding a settlement on Dochet Island in the St. Croix River. After finding that location unsuitable, they moved the colony across the Bay of Fundy to Port Royal in 1605. The site was intended to serve as both a trading post and a center for French settlement in the region.12