<P> In 1604 , a North American fur trade monopoly was granted to Pierre Du Gua , Sieur de Mons . The fur trade became one of the main economic ventures in North America . Du Gua led his first colonization expedition to an island located near the mouth of the St. Croix River . Among his lieutenants was a geographer named Samuel de Champlain , who promptly carried out a major exploration of the northeastern coastline of what is now the United States . In the spring of 1605 , under Samuel de Champlain , the new St. Croix settlement was moved to Port Royal ( today 's Annapolis Royal , Nova Scotia ) . Samuel de Champlain also landed at Saint John Harbour on June 24 , 1604 ( the feast of St. John the Baptist ) and is where the city of Saint John , New Brunswick and the Saint John River gets its name . </P>
<P> In 1604 , a North American fur trade monopoly was granted to Pierre Du Gua , Sieur de Mons . The fur trade became one of the main economic ventures in North America . Du Gua led his first colonization expedition to an island located near the mouth of the St. Croix River . Among his lieutenants was a geographer named Samuel de Champlain , who promptly carried out a major exploration of the northeastern coastline of what is now the United States . In the spring of 1605 , under Samuel de Champlain , the new St. Croix settlement was moved to Port Royal ( today 's Annapolis Royal , Nova Scotia ) . Samuel de Champlain also landed at Saint John Harbour on June 24 , 1604 ( the feast of St. John the Baptist ) and is where the city of Saint John , New Brunswick and the Saint John River gets its name . </P>
when did the first european settlers come to canada
when did the first european settlers come to canada
1604
1604