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Jean Nicolet (Nicollet), Sieur de Belleborne (1598 – 29 October 1642) was a French coureur des bois noted for exploring Lake Michigan, Mackinac Island, Green Bay, and being the first European to set foot in what is now the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
The Centre scolaire Samuel-de-Champlain is the only Francophone school in Saint John, New Brunswick. But there is a K to 5 located in Quispamsis about 30 minutes away named L’École des Pionniers. History
Champlain made the arrangement to do so and in return, the chief Iroquet (an Algonquin leader of the Petite nation who wintered his people near Huronia), requested that Champlain take Savignon, a young Huron, with him to teach him the customs and habits of the French. Champlain instructed Brûlé to learn the Huron language, explore the country ...
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").
Champlain Regional College was recognized on April 7, 1971. The school is named after the famous explorer, Samuel de Champlain. The Champlain Colleges are set out to serve English speakers in Quebec City (Champlain St-Lawrence), Eastern Townships (Champlain Lennoxville) and South Shore of Montreal areas (Champlain Saint-Lambert). Champlain ...
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (/ l ə ˈ s æ l /; November 22, 1643 – March 19, 1687), was a 17th-century French explorer and fur trader in North America. He explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, and the Mississippi River.
Champlain Habitation, future site of Place Royale. In 1608, the French explorer Samuel de Champlain established the settlement that would become Quebec City on the site of Place Royale. For this reason, the square is often referred to as “the cradle of French civilization in America." [2] [3]
The death of Henry IV in 1610 weakened Samuel de Champlain's chances of successfully colonizing New France, and, by the advice of Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons, he sought a protector in the person of the Count of Soissons, who accepted the proposal to become the “father of New France,” obtained from the queen regent the authority necessary to ...