Port-Royal (Acadia)

Port-Royal
Fort at Port-Royal (1702)
Location	Annapolis Basin
Coordinates	44°44′N 65°32′W / 44.733°N 65.533°W / 44.733; -65.533
Location of Port-Royal in Nova Scotia

Port Royal (1605–1713) was a historic settlement based around the upper Annapolis Basin in Nova Scotia, Canada,^[1] and the predecessor of the modern town of Annapolis Royal.

It was the first successful attempt by Europeans to establish a permanent settlement in what is today known as Canada.^[2] Port Royal was a key step in the development of New France and was the first permanent base of operations of the explorer Samuel de Champlain, who would later found Quebec in 1608, and the farmer Louis Hébert, who would resettle at Quebec in 1617.

For most of its existence, it was the capital of the New France colony of Acadia. Over 108 years control would pass between France, Scotland, England and Great Britain until it was formally ceded to Great Britain in 1713 due to the Treaty of Utrecht.

From 1605 to 1613 the settlement was centred around the habitation on the north side of the Annapolis Basin, while from 1629 onwards it was centred around Fort Anne on the south side, at the confluence of the Annapolis River and Allains Creek.