Claude de Saint-Étienne de la Tour
Deceased Person
1570 – 1636
Who was Claude de Saint-Étienne de la Tour?
Claude de Saint-Étienne de la Tour was born in the province of Champagne, France and came to Acadia in 1610 after suffering heavy losses as a ship's captain.
Claude arrived in Acadia to assist Jean de Biencourt de Poutrincourt et de Saint-Just in establishing a permanent colony at Port-Royal, N.S.. He was accompanied by his son, Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour, and they were initially occupied with the construction of buildings and planting crops.
After the initial colonization effort, it is known that Claude engaged in fur-trading activities in the Penobscot area. It is believed that Fort Pentagouet, a combined trading post and fishing station which he built, was the first permanent settlement in present day New England. We know that about 1626, Claude de La Tour had to abandon the area to the Plymouth colony.
Claude returned to France and upon returning to his son's fort at Cap de Sable in the spring of 1628, the ships were captured by the British, under the command of Sir David Kirke, and sent as a prisoner to England. He returned to Acadia in 1630 with an English wife and briefly switched allegiance to the British. There was a siege of Fort la Tour by Claude with his son resisting and winning.
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