This article was lifted from an article off of CTV.ca on Saturday, 19 August 2006. It is an exciting discovery, and one that is monumental in the history of North American settlement, but especially Canadian settlement history.

“Canadian Press

QUEBEC — The site of one of North America’s first settlements will be the object of an extensive archeological dig ahead of the city’s 400th anniversary celebrations.

The site, in a suburb southwest of Quebec City, is believed to be where Jacques Cartier built a fort during his third and final voyage to the French colony. The Quebec government said Friday it will give $8 million to the archeological project over the next three years.

“It’s a historic discovery, a major discovery for the provincial capital,” said Michel Despres, the provincial minister responsible for the Quebec City area.

Archeologists discovered the site accidentally when preliminary work for a planned lookout point turned up artefacts which carbon dating later proved to be from the 16th century.

The discovery was kept secret for several months before Friday’s announcement.

Historians suspect the fort was built by Jacques Cartier between 1541 and 1543, making it the oldest European settlement to be discovered north of Mexico.

Although the dig won’t be finished by the time Quebec City celebrates its 400th anniversary in 2008, parts of the site will be open to the public in time for the celebrations.”

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As you can see, Site “Oh” Canada has revamped itself. This is in an attempt to make it simpler and more easy to navigate and find items, as well as make it easier for me to update info. In a change from the previous version of the site, I’ve reduced the amount of extra pages and hopefully this will make it less cluttered on the front page and easier to find items. Of note the list of all Site O members is easily accesible on the right hand menu bar.

Instead of having a few pictures of forts, I will be posting a large collection online where everyone can easily access them. As always, feel free to copy them for your self, but if you would like to reproduce it in any manner, please contact me first.

Thanks to www.netcubed.net for the new site design and for implementing the new web admin system I now use. There will be many changes here and there on the site as I learn and explore this program, and hopefully these changes will be for the better. I’d love to hear your input!

Jon G. Malek