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Cartier 400th anniversary observances sweep Quebec region
Trois Rivieres marks its 1604 founding and Cartier discovery in 1534 with a two month program across St Lawrence River country. Attendees include Presidents Roosevelt and governors from Illinois Michigan Iowa South Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin plus a France delegation of 300 officials. A stone cross will mark Gaspe and naval parades join British Canadian and U.S. vessels. More than two million American motorists expected to visit Quebec through September.
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Trois Rivieres
P. Q
Quebec
St. Lawrence River
Canada
Jacques Cartier
St. Lawrence
New France
Cathay
Gaspe
Cartier
God
France
Quebec City
Montreal
Fort Niagara
Sieur de la Violette
la Verendrye
la Salle
JoHet
Pera Marquette
Nicolet
North America
la Vislette
Samuel de Chamin
St. Maurice
United States
Roosevelt
Illinois
Michigan
Iowa
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Trais Rivieres
Brittany
Britain