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About Donnacona

It is situated on the Saint Lawrence River, at the mouth of the Sainte-Anne River. The town's name comes from Donnacona, a Huron chief who was befriended by explorer Jacques Cartier in 1535. History [ edit ] The first settlers arrived in 1670 and were led by Pierre Boucher de Grosbois.[1] In 1713, it became part of New France.[2] It was named after Chief Donnacona (also known as "Atironta"), an Iroquois leader who had been taken prisoner during a battle against Samuel de Champlain near Tadoussac in 1535; he later converted to Catholicism and died among French colonists at Quebec City around 1603 or 1608.[3][4][5] In 1845 it separated from L'Islet County to form Portneuf County.