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✮ Vikings are said to have explored the coasts of Atlantic Canada (Including New Brunswick) during their stay in Vinland , with their base located at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, during the year 1000. However, the first recorded European exploration of the province was by Jacques Cartier, a French explorer in 1534. Cartier discovered and named the Baie des Chaleurs between northern New Brunswick and the Gaspé peninsula of Quebec. However, in the early 1600s, when Samuel de Champlain and other European explorers began to explore the area, they were met by the Maliseet (Wolastoqi