Serving with the French forces in New France, many Irish soldiers concealed their identity from British forces by changing their names to French-sounding ones. As a consequence, a significant number ...

exquisitely preserved examples of New France-style architecture — all that and more are waiting to be discovered north of the border. With French roots dating back to 1534, Quebec City shares ...

The city was the capital of New France until 1760, after which time it centered the new British colony before becoming part of an independent Canada. Quebec’s Upper Town (Haute-Ville ...

In 1665, there were only seventy houses in Quebec. In the early 1670s, about 1000 young women - nicknamed the king's daughters - arrived in New France to help populate the colony. (As portrayed in ...