Haute-Ville in Québec in Capitale-Nationale, — Central Canada (French-Canadian)

Les Premiers Colons de Québec

[The first colonists of Québec]

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, July 28, 2014

1. Les Premiers Colons de Québec Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Ils ont été à la peine; qu’ils soient à l’honneur:
[English translation:]
They lived in hardship, and are now in the place of honor:
Louis Hébert 1617 Marie Rollet • Guillaume Couillard 1618 Marie-Guillemette Hébert • Abraham Martin — Marguerite Langlois • Nicolas Marsolet — Marie Le Barbier • Nicolas Pivert — Marguerite Lesage • Pierre Desportes — Françoise Langlois • Etienne Jonquest — Anne Hébert • Olivier Le Tardif — Louise Couillard • Jean Nicolet — Marguerite Couillard • Nöel Morín – Héléne Desportes • Noël Langlois — Françoise Garnier • Guillaume Hubou — Marie Rollet • Robert Giffard 1634 Marie Renouard • Guillaume Fournier — Marie-Fse Hébert • Jean Guyon 1635 Mathurine Robin • Jean Guyon — Madeleine Boulé • Jean Bourdon — Jacqueline Potel • Francois Marguerie — Louise Cloutier • Zacharie Cloutier — Xaintes Dupont • Jean Côté — Anne Martin • Gaspard Boucher — Nicolas Le Marie • Philippe Anvot — Anne Convent • Jean-Paul Godefroy — Madeleine Le Gardeur • Jean-Baptiste Godefroy — Marie Le Neuf • Maein Boucher — Perrine Mallet • Sébastien Dodier — Marie Bonhomme • Pierre de la Porte — Anne Voyer • Jean Juchereau — Marie Langlois • Jean Sauvaget — Anne Dupuis • Guillaume Isabel — Catherine Dodier • Robert Droin — Anne Cloutier • Louis Henri Piguet — Louis Boucher • Pierre Delaunay — Françoise Pinguet • François Aubert — Anne Fauconnier • Pierre Le Gardeur 1636 Marie Favery • Charles Le Gardeur — Genevieve Juchereau • Jacques Le Neuf — Marguerite Le Gardeur • Robert Caron — Marie Crevey • François Bélanger — Marie Gagnon • Claude Poulin — Jeanne Mercier • Jacques Hertel — Marguerite Marguerie • Antoine Brassard — Francoise Méry • Etienne Racine — Marguerite Martin • Réné Maheu — Marguerite Corriveau • Jacques Maheu — Anne Convent • Louis Sédillot — Marie Grimoult • François de Chavigny — Eléonore de Grandmaison.

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This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1617.

Location. 46° 48.849′ N, 71° 12.254′ W. Marker is in Québec, in Capitale-Nationale. It is in Haute-Ville. It is on Rue Port Dauphin 0 kilometers Côté de la Montagne, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 21 Rue Port Dauphin, Québec G1R 5K5, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

and the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Charlottetown and Quebec Confederation of 1864 (within shouting distance of this marker); Sir George Entinne Cartier (1814- 1873) (within shouting distance of this marker); Legislature of the Province of Canada (within shouting distance of this marker); Diamond Jubilee of Confederation

Les Premiers Colons de Québec Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, July 28, 2014

2. Les Premiers Colons de Québec Monument

Below the statue at the base:
Guillaume Couillard
1612 — 1693

(within shouting distance of this marker); First Patent in Canada (within shouting distance of this marker); Jean Baillairgé (within shouting distance of this marker); Urselines de Quebec (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Charles Aubert de la Chesnaye (about 90 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Québec.

More about this marker. This monument is located in Montmorency Park National Historic Site.

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, July 28, 2014

3. Les Premiers Colons de Québec Monument

Marie Rollet
et ses enfants
1617 — 1649

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, July 28, 2014

4. Les Premiers Colons de Québec Monument

Louis Hébert
Louis Hébert, apothicaire de Paris, explora l’Acadie, en 1604, avec MM de Monts, et de Poutrincourt et y séjourna de 1606 à 1613. ll s’établit à Québec en 1617, avec sa famille, et mourut le 26 janvier 1627.
(Louis Hébert, apothecary in Paris, explored Acadia in 1604, with Mr. de Monts, and Poutrincourt and stayed there from 1606 to 1613. He came to Quebec in 1617, with his family, and died January 26, 1627.)

Credits. This page was last revised on March 16, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 14, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 5,941 times since then and 388 times this year. Last updated on January 30, 2026, by Kathryn O'Dell of Montreal, Quebec. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 14, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.