The 400th Anniversary of Quebec City, a 2008 silver proof 1 dollar coin from Canada.

The Royal Canadian Mint celebrates the 400-year anniversary of the foundation of Quebec City, the first permanent French settlement in North America.

On July 3, 1608, Samuel de Champlain founded a settlement at Kébec, an Algonquin word meaning “place where the river narrows”. This was the site of an abandoned St. Lawrence Iroquoian settlement called Stadacona. Quebec quickly became one of North America’s largest maritime cities. Today, the only walled city on the continent continues to draw people from around the world. In 1985, the "Historic District of Old Quebec" was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.