Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour, the French King's appointed Governor of Acadia from 1631-1642 and again from 1653-1657, was born in France in 1593 and died at Cap de Sable in 1666.
In 1610, at the age of 17, Charles arrived at Port-Royal in Acadia in present-day Nova Scotia with his father, Claude de Saint-Étienne de la Tour, in an expedition that was led by Jean de...
Also known as:
- Charles de Saint-Etienne de la Tour