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Calais, ME · Founding Era Sites

Saint Croix Island International Historic Site

The island where Pierre Dugua and Samuel de Champlain wintered in 1604–05, one of the earliest European settlements in North America.

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Why it matters

A settlement three years before Jamestown.

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