▲This map from 1536 shows Jacques Cartier and his expedition of the St. Lawrence River.

▲This engraving from 1535, by someone only credited as Gudin, shows Jacques Cartier traversing the St. Lawrence River. Indigenous people are observing his expedition.

▲The Seven Years' War is depicted in 1755 as the British overwhelmed the French in North America and began taking hold of the continent.

▲A 1759 map of Quebec along the St. Lawrence River during the British siege of Quebec City.

▲The capture of Quebec by the British under General James Wolfe as seen by the onlooker J Hulett.

▲The death of General James Wolfe after attacking Quebec in 1759.

▲British troops ascend the shore to fight French troops at the Plains of Abraham while British ships row around Quebec.

▲American General Richard Montgomery dies in 1775 after failing to seize Quebec during the American War of Independence.

▲British General John Burgoyne speaks with Indigenous soldiers who will join him in an invasion of New York during the American War of Independence.

▲Indigenous people enjoy a home fire in Vancouver. They had invited British explorer James Cook inside on his third expedition in 1778.

▲A place called Friendly Cove on Vancouver Island in 1798, by artist H. Humphries.

▲Where the St. Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers meet, rafts carry as many as six people in the 1800s.

▲A Haida woman with a lip plug in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia in 1800.

▲The original caption of this drawing remarked that the Indigenous people in the doorway looked as though they would rather cut the man's hair.

▲Inuit people are seen on the island of Igloolik, in modern day Nunavut. Sir William Edward Parry was searching for the Northwest Passage in 1821 when his British Royal Navy artist drew the depiction.

▲This man, named Arnaneelia, lived on Winter Island, in modern day Nunavut. Captain Lyon drew him in 1822.

▲Captain Sir John Ross' last voyage produced this early map of the Canadian Arctic and Greenland in the hopes of finding the Northwest Passage.

▲Bytown, later named Ottawa, is depicted in 1840.

▲Toronto on the quay, where fishermen and boats go back and forth, is depicted in 1840.

▲In 1849, Montrealers burned down Parliament in protest against British rule.

▲A two tier suspension bridge, connecting Ontario and New York next to Niagara Falls is completed in 1855.

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A train is parked near the Niagara River along the Great Western Railway, later known as the Canadian Pacific Railway.

▲Logs of timber float down the Ottawa River to be sold as pulp.

▲French acrobat Charles Blondin walks a tightrope across Niagara Falls in 1859.

▲The Victoria Bridge in 1859 connects Montreal with the other side of the St. Lawrence River.

▲Sailing ships are under construction on the St. Lawrence River.

▲The Place d'Armes neighbourhood in Montreal in 1859.

▲Street musicians in Toronto with organs and monkeys play in 1859.

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A man fishes by the Chaudiere Falls along the Ottawa River.

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The earliest depictions of Canada from the 1500s to the 1800s show how the settlers from France and England saw the Indigenous people and their land. It's a glimpse at life hundreds of years ago, in a place Canadians call home. Intrigued? Click through to see these fascinating images.