Tadoussac
A town in Saguenay County, Quebec, situated at the
confluence of the Saguenay River with the St. Lawrence. Founded in 1599
by Chauvin, and visited by Champlain in 1603 and 1609. In the days of
the early French colonists, a centre of the seal fisheries and the fur
trade. =Index=: (Samuel de Champlain era) Champlain arrives at, May 24, 1603, 10; derivation
of name, 10; early date at which fishing vessels resorted thither, 59;
seat of the fur trade, 119; Recollet mission at, 167.