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Samuel de Champlain, French geographer and explorer
A surname from a French topographic name from words meaning field and flat
Samuel de Champlain French geographer and explorer
{i} Lake Champlain (lake between New York and Vermont, USA); Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635), French explorer and founder of Quebec (Canada)
French explorer in Nova Scotia who established a settlement on the site of modern Quebec (1567-1635)

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champlain period
A subdivision of the Quaternary age immediately following the Glacial period; so named from beds near Lake Champlain
Lake Champlain
a North American lake between New York and Vermont, that goes up to Quebec in Canada. Lake between Vermont and New York, U.S. Located on the states' northern boundaries and extending into Canada about 6 mi (10 km), it is about 125 mi (200 km) long and has an area of 430 sq mi (1,115 sq km). It was visited in 1609 by Samuel de Champlain. In 1776 it was the scene of the first British-American naval battle and in 1814 of a U.S. naval victory over the British. A link in the waterway between New York City's harbour and the lower St. Lawrence River, it is used extensively for commercial and pleasure-boat navigation
Samuel de Champlain
(1567-1635) French sailor and explorer, founder of Quebec in New France (now Canada)
Samuel de Champlain
a French explorer and the first governor of French Canada. He explored much of what is now Nova Scotia and established Quebec in 1608. He also was the first European to discover what is now called Lake Champlain (1567-1635). born 1567, Brouage, France died Dec. 25, 1635, Quebec, New France French explorer. He made several expeditions to North America before founding Quebec in 1608 with 32 colonists, most of whom did not survive the first winter. He joined with the northern Indian tribes to defeat Iroquois marauders and promoted the fur trade with the Indians. He discovered Lake Champlain in 1609 and made other explorations of what are now northern New York, the Ottawa River, and the eastern Great Lakes. English privateers besieged Quebec in 1628, when England and France were at war, and he was taken prisoner. In 1632 the colony was restored to France, and in 1633 Champlain made his last voyage to Quebec, where he lived until his death
lake champlain
a lake in northeastern New York, northwestern Vermont and southern Quebec; site of many battles in the French and Indian War and in the American Revolution and in the War of 1812