@GreatNorthLens on Instagram: "1534: The Meeting of Two Worlds ⚓️🇫🇷 In the summer of 1534, the horizon changed forever for the St. Lawrence Iroquoians. Jacques Cartier, sailing under the flag of King Francis I of France, arrived at the Gaspé Peninsula in search of a route to the Orient. On July 24, Cartier raised a 30-foot wooden cross, claiming the land for France. But this was far from an empty wilderness. Cartier was met by Chief Donnacona and his people, who had lived on and stewarded this

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