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Samuel de Champlain and the Exploration of Canada

By lmcclelland

  • Champlain arrives in North America for the first time

    Comes to North America as an observer on a fur-trading expedition led by Francois Grave Du Pont. They arrive at Tadoussac on March 15, 1603. He created a map of the Saint Lawrence River on this trip
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    Samuel De Champlain's Exploits

  • Begins second expedition to New France

    This trip was an exploratory journey without women and children that focused on areas south of the St. Lawrence that would come to be known as Acadia

  • Founds Quebec City

    Lands at the "point of Quebec" and fortified the area with three main wooden buildings that he collectively called the "Habitation"