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= = =**Samuel De Champlain**=


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__Cartier__ lived from 1491-1557. He discovered the St. Lawrence River in Canada. He was a French explorer just like **Champlain**. **Champlain** is connected to that. He made a fur-trading center right next to the St. Lawrence River he named Quebec. Quebec means "the place where water's narrow" in a different language. Then **Champlain** also discovered a lake. This lake was near the St. Lawrence River. **Champlain's** lake was named "Lake **Champlain**." The St. Lawrence River and Lake **Champlain** were both in the city discovered by **Champlain** called Quebec. This was a great discovery for me to make on these two famous explorers.
 * Champlain** is a great explorer who I recently learned about. I was even able to write a 6 paragraph essay on him. After that, I found out **Champlain** had a connection to an explorer before him named __Cartier__. It never actually said that but I can infer.

This is my dog, Cuddles dressed as Samuel De Champlain



Here is the biography I wrote on Champlain:

Finding Quebec

Samuel De Champlain was a French explorer born somewhere from 1560-1575. He was born in Brouage, France. Some of his early life jobs were being a colonizer and a mapmaker. Champlain’s father was a sea captain. Just like his father, Champlain knew how to run a good ship. Champlain was a bright man who had a life connection to geography. King Henry IV wanted more land for France. He chose Champlain to go out to get it. From 1604-1607, Champlain sailed around and charted most of the coast of Nova Scotia, and down the coast to Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, and Rhode Island. Champlain explored parts of North America, the West Indies, Mexico, and Panama. His transportation was a trading ship. Champlain has been exploring North America really well since an early age. In 1608, Champlain made a fur-trading center by the St. Lawrence River. He named the fur-trading center, Quebec. It was the 1st French group in Canada. He befriended the Algonquin and Huron Indians while he was there. Champlain seemed to definitely enjoy Canada. Champlain led 32 colonists to settle in Quebec in order for it to come through as a real fur-trading center. Sadly, only nine of the colonists’ survived the bitter cold winter, however more settlers arrived the following summer. Champlain wanted for the Quebec fur-trading center to be great. In 1609, Champlain helped the Huron Indians fight the Iroquois Indians. While fighting the Iroquois, Champlain discovered Quebec, Canada. He also discovered a lake with fresh water. It was part` of the largest fresh water groups in the world, which was named Lake Champlain. He must have felt great to have something named after him. Champlain died on Christmas, Dec 25, 1665. He died in Quebec, the place he found. One of the saddest parts of that was he was very into being Catholic. He died from a horrible stroke. He was remembered for his 2 major accomplishments: finding Quebec and Lake Champlain. Champlain was an amazing explorer that brought New France into our world.