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1615 in Quebec
Events from the year
1615 in
Quebec
.
Events
2 June 1615 â Father
Jean Dolbeau
of the
Récollets
, a French branch of the
Franciscans
, arrives in
Quebec City
with
Samuel de Champlain
.
Following the arrival of the Récollets in New France, the first ever
mass
is being celebrated on the island of
Montreal
.
Champlain and two other
French
colonists
, one of whom is probably
ÃÂtienne Brûlé
, leaves the colony to journey inland in the company of the
Wendat
, an allied
First Nation
tribe. They reach
Lake Simcoe
and later split up. Near
Oneida Lake
, the French and Wendat are involved in a combat with the
Iroquois
, the traditional First Nation enemy of the Wendat and the French. de Champlain is injured in the battle.
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