Carties first arrived at the Gulf of the St. Lawrence, which he wanted to explore. He did not know what to expectbut he hoped that this Gulf was just an arm of the ocean between two island. If it waa, he would soon be on his way to the Far East. So he ailed Quebec or Stadacona, as thw Indiana called it. It waa at thia point that the term "Canada" entered ths country is history.