Tadoussac is a village in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saguenay and Saint Lawrence rivers.
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10 Facts About Tadoussac
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Tadoussac was first visited by Europeans in 1535 and was established in 1599 when the first trading post in Canada was formed there, in addition to a permanent settlement being placed in the same area that the Grand Hotel is located today.
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Tadoussac found Innu people using it as a base for hunting seal.
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Tadoussac was founded in 1599 by Francois Grave Du Pont, a merchant, and Pierre de Chauvin de Tonnetuit, a captain of the French Royal Navy, when they acquired a fur trade monopoly from King Henry IV.
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In 1603, the tabagie or "feast" of Tadoussac reunited Grave with Samuel de Champlain and with the Montagnais, the Algonquins, and the Etchimins.
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Tadoussac remained the only seaport on the St Lawrence River for 30 years.
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Tadoussac'storians believe the St Lawrence Iroquoians, who inhabited the St Lawrence valley upriver to the west, were defeated and pushed out by the Mohawk before the early 17th century.
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Colonists from the Tadoussac area were involved in whaling from 1632 until at least the end of the century.
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In 1937, the Parish Municipality of Tadoussac was formed, but dissolved in 1949 because it had less than 500 inhabitants.
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The authority for the Port of Tadoussac was transferred in April 2012 to the Municipality of Tadoussac.
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