Annapolis Royal - Habitation Port-Royal

Outside Annapolis Royal, about 10km (6mi) to the north on the north bank of the Annapolis River, stands the Habitation Port-Royal settlement of Sieur des Monts, which has been faithfully restored. The whole complex is now an historic monument.

The plain wooden buildings are in early 17th C style. There is a Governor's Residence, a Priest's House, a smithy and a room in which the Indians used to barter their furs for European goods. Most interesting is the house of the apothecary Louis Hébert, the first European farmer in North America who later settled in Québec.

In the "Habitation" in 1606 Samuel de Champlain founded "L'Ordre de Bon Temps", the first society in North America based on the doctrine of love for one's fellow man