Champlain is a municipality in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is located in Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality and the administrative region the Mauricie, on the north shore of St. Lawrence River. Champlain is also part of the metropolitan area of Trois-Rivières.

In 1608, he established the French settlement that is now Quebec City. ... Champlain was the first European to describe the Great Lakes, and published maps of his ...

Samuel de Champlain, French explorer, acknowledged founder of the city of Quebec (1608), and consolidator of the French colonies in the New World.

This imposing statue of Samuel de Champlain is commensurate with the role that he played in Québec and New France. Not only did he found Québec in 1608, ...

First Voyages to Canada · Settlement at Quebec

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He finally returned to Canada on the twenty-second of May, 1633. At the time of his death at Quebec on the twenty-fifth of December, 1635, there were one ...

area, 682,757), port and capital of Quebec province, Canada. It lies at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and St. Charles rivers, about 150 mi (240 km) ...

This impressive monument, one of the tallest in the city, overlooks the bustling crowd of tourists and local residents who flock to this part of the Old Québec.

While Champlain was contending with Kirke's attack in Quebec, attempts were underway back in France to find the means to support the struggling North American ...