the first settlers in canada came from england.
where did the first settlers in canada come from?
england
‘the first europeans after the vikings came not as settlers but to exploit the country by trade with the indians. they were both english and french speaking and had wars among themselves to gain access to this trade. the actual settling of the land took place much later. the french were the first settlers in 1617, but as early as 1660 a german was mentioned as a settler in the records of quebec. the first english settlers came only a hundred years later, and here we discover a great paradox: these first ten ships full of ‘english’ settlers were exclusively german. in 1745 they founded waldoburg and 8 years later lunenburg in the province we now know as nova scotia. these protestant germans were actually recruited in germany by the british government to offset the existing french catholics. later the governor of nova scotia who had already settled in pennsylvania to move to “nova scotia, which will be materially strengthened by the acquisition of these frugal, laborious, and industrious people who will not only improve and enrich their property, but if need be, pertinaciously defend it.” it may surprise us that these first german settlers are “virtually the first english-speaking canadians” (a.r. lower). they were english not because of their origin, but because they learned english fast, anglicized their names, and wrote themselves as ‘english’ into the records.
official bilingualism in canada
candamir: the first settlers





























candamir: the first settlers is a german board game. it is the first game of the "catan adventure" series of games, which share a common theme (but not mechanics) with the "settlers of catan" games. as such, it was created by klaus teuber, and distributed by kosmos in german and mayfair games in english. the name "candamir" comes from the "settlers of catan" novel by rebecca gablé, where candamir is the name of the main character. the same character is prominently featured in this game.
candamir: the first settlers