Port-Royal (Acadia)

Port Royal (1605–1713) was a historic settlement based around the upper Annapolis Basin in Nova Scotia, Canada, and the predecessor of the modern town of Annapolis Royal.

Port Royal was the first successful attempt by Europeans to establish a permanent settlement in what is today known as Canada and was a critical step in the establishment of New France. It was the first permanent base of exploration for Samuel de Champlain, who would later found Quebec in 1608. It was also where Louis Hébert pioneered many European agricultural practices in the New World, including viticulture, arboriculture and cereal farming, before resettling at Quebec in 1617.

For most of its existence, it was the capital of the New France colony of Acadia. Over its 108 years, control of the settlement passed numerous times between France, Scotland, England and Great Britain until it was formally ceded to Great Britain in 1713 due to the Treaty of Utrecht.

From 1605 to 1613 the settlement was centred around the habitation on the north side of the Annapolis Basin, while from 1629 onwards the focus was around Fort Anne on the south side, at the confluence of the Annapolis River and Allain's Creek.