 In July 1534, during his first voyage to the Americas, Cartier met a group of more that 200 Iroquoians, men, women, and children, camped on the north shore of Gaspe Bay in the Gulf of St Lawrence.They had traveled in 40 canoes to Gaspé to fish for Atlantic mackerel which abounded in the area.They were more than from their home of Stadacona, on the site of present day Quebec City.