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Champlain created a map of the Saint Lawrence on this trip and, after his return to France on 20 September, published an account as Des Sauvages: ou voyage de Samuel Champlain, de Brouages, faite en la France nouvelle l'an 1603 ("Concerning the Savages: or travels of Samuel Champlain of Brouages, made in New France in the year 1603"). [Note 9]
Georgian Bay has been known by several names. To the Ojibwe, it is known as "Spirit Lake".To the Huron-Wendat, it is known as Lake Attigouatan. Samuel de Champlain, the first European to explore and map the area in 1615–1616, called it "La Mer douce" (the sweet/calm/fresh sea), which was a reference to the bay's freshwater. [1]
Abitation de Quebec, 1608, established by Samuel de Champlain Habitation de Québec was an ensemble of buildings interconnected by Samuel de Champlain when he founded Québec during 1608. The site is located in what is now Vieux-Québec , on the site of present-day Place Royale . [ 1 ]
Samuel de Champlain overseeing the construction of the Habitation de Québec, in 1608. After the settlement of Port Royal in Acadia (1605), the next colonization effort by the French occurred in 1608. Samuel de Champlain built "l'Habitation" to house 28 people. [10] However, the first winter proved formidable, and 20 of 28 men died. [10]
Explorer Samuel de Champlain arrived on the ship Don de Dieu, [1] or "Gift of God" to found Quebec in 1608. Don de Dieu is one of three ships that set sail from France under Captain Henry Couillard [ 2 ] in the spring of 1608 to Tadoussac , from where the men, bringing the materials, reached on small boats what is now the Vieux-Québec (Canada ...
1600 - Pierre de Chauvin de Tonnetuit founds a trading post at Tadoussac. 1603 - Samuel de Champlain takes possession of lands he calls (Newfoundland) and Acadie (Acadia). 1604 - Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Monts and Samuel de Champlain establish an ill-fated settlement on the lands of the Passamaquoddy Nation that they give the religious name of ...
In 1611, Samuel de Champlain named the rapids Sault Saint-Louis, after a teenaged crewman named Louis who drowned here; the name later extended to Lac Saint-Louis. This name remained in use until the mid-19th century, but later came to be replaced by the name of the adjacent town of Lachine. [ 2 ]
Engraving based on a drawing by Champlain of his 1609 voyage. It depicts a battle between Iroquois and Algonquian tribes near Lake Champlain Enlarged detail from the center of the engraving "Deffaite des Yroquois au Lac de Champlain," from Champlain's Voyages (1613). This is the only contemporary likeness of the explorer to survive to the present.