Samuel de champlain

A behind-the-scene look at the life of Samuel de Champlain.

Père Lalemant, in the Jesuit Relation of 1640, wrote: “The reputation of M. de Champlain, who stayed here [in Huronia] some twenty-two years ago, still lives in the minds of these barbarous people, who honor, even after the lapse of so many years, the many lovable virtues that they admired in him, and particularly his […]

Samuel de Champlain, French explorer, acknowledged founder of the city of Quebec (1608), and consolidator of the French colonies in the New World. He was the first known European to sight Lake Champlain (1609) and made other explorations of what are now northern New York, the Ottawa River, and the eastern Great Lakes.

July 8, 1608: The first French settlement at Quebec is established by Samuel de Champlain.

Samuel De Champlain was the first European settlers that set up a fur trade with Native Americans. He was friendly with the Appalachians and sides with them.

“One July day four hundred years ago, Samuel de Champlain stepped out of a small boat at Quebec and began a great adventure.” So begins Christopher Moore’s riveting account of the life of the extraordinary, darin

Samuel de Champlain, cartographer, explorer, colonial administrator (born circa 1567 in Brouage, France; died 25 December 1635 in Québec City). Champlain played a major role in founding New France from 1603 to 1635.

Samuel de Champlain. He founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608.

Samuel De Champlain (Cap Diamant)