Quebec Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Etymology== The name ''Québec'' comes from an [[Algonquin language|Algonquin]] word meaning 'narrow passage' or 'strait'.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/earth-sciences/geography/origins-canadas-geographical-names/origin-names-canada-and-its-provinces-and-territories/9224|publisher=Natural Resources Canada|title=Origin of the names of Canada and its provinces and territories|date=March 27, 2020}}</ref> The name originally referred to the area around [[Quebec City]] where the [[Saint Lawrence River]] narrows to a cliff-lined gap. Early variations in the spelling included ''Québecq'' and ''Kébec''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Afable |first1=Patricia O. |first2=Madison S. |last2=Beeler |date=1996 |chapter=Place Names |title=Languages |editor-first=Ives |editor-last=Goddard |volume=17 |series=Handbook of North American Indians |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |page=191}}</ref> French explorer [[Samuel de Champlain]] chose the name ''Québec'' in 1608 for the colonial outpost he would use as the [[administrative seat]] for [[New France]].<ref>{{cite web|year=2001|website=Canada: A People's History |title=The birth of Quebec|publisher=Canadian Broadcast Corporation|url=https://www.cbc.ca/history/EPCONTENTSE1EP2CH4PA4LE.html|accessdate=September 12, 2021}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page