How archeologists unearthed Cartier's lost fort

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Rare plate confirms site as North America's first French settlement

One of the greatest archeological mysteries in Canadian history -- the precise whereabouts of French explorer Jacques Cartier's 1541 settlement near present-day Quebec City -- has been solved after experts matched the shard of a broken plate found at suburban Cap Rouge with an identical, 465-year-old porcelain treasure held by the famed Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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