Legacies of the Quadricentenary

In Canada, the United States and France, governments left behind legacies in the form of historic sites, monuments and museum exhibits that were created to mark the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the French in North America.

List of Media

  1. Red Beach Trail
    Visit to the Red Beach commemorative trail, constructed in Maine across from Île Ste-Croix by the National Park Service to mark the 400th anniversary of the settlement on the island.
  2. Terrence Lonergan: Public Diplomacy
    Terrence Lonergan, responsible in the Canadian embassy in Paris for the project Canada-France 1604-2004, discusses the role of public diplomacy in marking the 400th anniversary of the founding of Acad
  3. Bayside Sculptures
    The only evidence that commemorative events were staged in Canada to mark the 400th anniversary of the settlement on Île Ste-Croix are three sculptures, erected on the edge of a site managed by Parks Canada, where a reconstruction of the 1604 habitation was proposed, but never constructed.
  4. Dugua Saint John, 2004
    On the 400th anniversary of the passage of the Dugua expedition past the site where Saint John would be established, a monument was constructed in this largely English-speaking city to remember Dugua. Although Champlain had named the St John River (after John the Baptist) in 1604, on this occasion English-speakers joined with Acadians to credit the much-ignored leader of the expedition.
  5. Brouage: Maison Champlain
    On the 400th anniversary of the founding of Acadie, the Canadian government made a significant investment in a number of projects in France, one of which was in Brouage, the birthplace of Samuel de Champlain. Since Dugua was being feted as the leader of the expedition of 1604, this tribute to Champlain seemed somehow out of place.
  6. Tourouvre: Maison de l'Émigration française au Canada
    On the 400th anniversary of the founding of Acadie, the Canadian government made a significant investment in a number of projects in France. One of them was the Maison de l'Émigration française au Canada, which was constructed in Tourouvre, in the Perche region to the west of Paris. The town had a close connection with emigration to the St Lawrence valley, which seemed at odds with the anniversary of Acadie.