Arrival of Jacques Cartier at Stadacona, 1535

A Victorian-era watercolour illustration of Jacques Cartier’s arrival in Stadacona, which was traditional Iroquoian territory in the 1500s. Note that the Iroquois had boats and were fishing in that area, but that they were known to fish even further to the east and Cartier had already met Iroquoian-speaking peoples around Gaspé.