Loon lake elementary jacques cartier biography

Jacques Cartier was born in 1491. As he was considered a good seaman, in 1534 the king of France sent him to find a route from France to the western sea.

On the first try, he found the inlet to the St. Lawrence, but didn’t enter it. Instead he returned home with a report that he might have found the passage he had sought after.

Cartier’s Second Voyage

The following year, being commissioned again to find the route aforementioned, he boldly returned and entered the St.

Lawrence River and thus became the first European to discover it.

Loon lake elementary jacques cartier biography

Since the day he discovered the river was a feast day of St. Lawrence, Cartier gave the river St. Lawrence’s name, which it has borne to this day. Upon sailing up the St. Lawrence, he heard tales of kingdoms located on the river.

Interested in seeing them, and also probably hopeful of finding gold, he journeyed on. On his way up the river, however, he soon discovered his way blocked by rapids, and decided upon wintering in Qu