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Samuel de Champlain (died in 1635)

Photos by contributor Colin Old - October, 2009

Plaque Location

The City of Ottawa
At the statue of Champlain in Major's Hill Park
on the north side of Alexandra Bridge

Coordinates: N 45 25.763 W 75 42.088

Plaque Text

The "Father of New France", Champlain was at the heart of the French venture in North America from 1603 to 1635. Under the leadership of Pierre Dugua de Mons, he helped colonize Acadia and, in 1608, founded a settlement at Québec that became the centre of the colony. He formed important alliances with Aboriginal peoples and expanded the French sphere of influence, travelling up the Ottawa River and as far west as the Great Lakes. Champlain explored and mapped large areas of the continent, and in his travel journals left an invaluable record of his era for future generations.

Related Toronto plaque page
Samuel de Champlain's Journeys Through Ontario

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