Legacy
- Jacques Cartier was the first person to document the name Canada. The name derives from the Huron-Iroquois term “Kanata” – meaning “village”. Cartier used this name in order to describe Stadacona region, the river and the land surrounding it.
- Place Jacques-Cartier – major street in the Vieux Port, Montreal
- Jacques Cartier River in Quebec, Canada.
- Jacques Cartier Bridge in Canada.
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