First, Jacques Cartier (who named it, 1535).
Then, another French explorer, Samuel de Champlain.
Jacques Cartier sailed and discovered the St. Lawrence River.
Jacques Cartier sailed and discovered the St. Lawrence River.
Jacques Cartier
Jacques Cartier sailed to present day Quebec and the St. Lawrence River.
st-lawrence river in south and des prairie in north
Jacques Cartier sailed to present day Quebec and the St. Lawrence River.
Samuel de Champlain
His exact destination was Canada. He sailed to the Gulf of St. Lawrence and mapped all the way up the St. Lawrence river and into Quebec.
Jacques Cartier sailed up the St Lawrence River, as far as the Lachine Rapids, in search of a route to Asia. When he found that the route was impassable, he then turned around sailed back down the St Lawrence. The concepts of "up" and "down" a river relate to the flow of the water, not a direction on a map. Travelling up a river means travelling against the flow. Travelling down a river means travelling with the flow.
sailed to northeast coast North America, explored the st. Lawrence river.
The Gulf of St. Lawrence is east of the St. Lawrence River.
The Gulf of St. Lawrence is east of the St. Lawrence River.