Port Royal, Nova Scotia
This article is about the Canadian town of Port Royal, an early French colony. For information on the former Jamaican capital see: Port Royal. For information on the French convent see: Port-Royal.The founding of Port Royal (French: Port-Royal) by French explorer Samuel de Champlain marked the beginning of the colonization of New France.
Port Royal is located in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia approximately 200 km northwest of Halifax along the Bay of Fundy.
(Much more detail is needed: History of Acadia, New France, the first winter.)
