Kingdom of Saguenay

The name "Kingdom of Saguenay" (French: Royaume du Saguenay) has its origin in an Algonquin legend learned by the French during French colonisation in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. According to the Algonquin Indians, there was a kingdom to the north of blonde men rich with gold and furs in a place they called Saguenay. French explorers looked for this kingdom in vain. Today, some people speculate it was an ancient, pre-Columbian settlement to which the Algonquin oral tradition referred.

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French - Algonquin - French - Gold - Furs - Explorer - Pre-Columbian - Oral tradition

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The modern-day Saguenay region, including the city of Saguenay (Chicoutimi-Jonquière), is on both shores of the Saguenay River in Quebec. It is part of the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean administrative region.

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Saguenay - Chicoutimi - Jonquière - Saguenay River - Quebec - Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean

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