Here, at L’Anse aux Meadows—the name is probably a garbled reference to an old French naval vessel—lies what is still the only known Norse settlement in North America.

In an announcement likely to rewrite the book on early colonization of the New World, two researchers have proposed a location for the oldest fortified settlement ever found in North America. They ...

Place Royale is a significant spot in the founding of Quebec more than 400 years ago. It was the site of the first permanent French settlement in North America.

North America, a vast and diverse continent, is home to nearly 600 million people and a wide range of habitats. Today, we explore the first people to settle in the Americas, from the icy North to ...

However, as North America was in the process of settlement, it was only inevitable that the three forces would eventually clash. Both the French and the English eyed the Ohio Valley area, between ...

DARIEN, Ga., Feb. 21 (UPI) -- The oldest fortified settlement in North America has been discovered in Georgia, giving insights into the early colonization of the New World, researchers say. Fort ...

The settlement: Danske Bank, the largest in Denmark, said Wednesday it had cooperated with French authorities and agreed to pay 6.33 million euros in a settlement with France’s national ...

The first Pilgrims to reach America seeking religious freedom were English and settled in Massachusetts. Right? Well, not so fast. Some fifty years before the Mayflower left port, a band of French ...

PARIS (Reuters) - French group Veolia said it had agreed to sell its sulfuric acid regeneration business in North America to private equity firm American Industrial Partners for an enterprise ...

Both empire-builders, Great Britain rivaled the French for domination of North America. France. France, which had North American settlements in Canada, Louisiana, and the Great Lakes region ...

French colonists established the settlement at Saint Croix island between present-day Calais, Maine and St. Stephen, N.B., in 1604. INDEPTH: Champlain anniversary ...