Marie de l'Incarnation reaches Québec

The Ursuline mystic Marie Guyart (Marie de l'Incarnation) arrived at Québec in 1639, convinced by a dream of a vast land of mountains and mist that God had shown her Canada.

1639 CE · 46.81, -71.21 · status: account

The account

She founded the first school for girls in North America and wrote thousands of letters describing the colony, Indigenous peoples and her inner life. She was canonized in 2014.

Sources

1. Dictionary of Canadian Biography: Marie Guyart