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Samuel de Champlain

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  • Champlain sets foot on Canadian soil

    Champlain sets foot on Canadian soil
    "The land is level and fertile, covered with oak, cypress, birch, fir, and aspen.... it would bear as richly as the land of France"

  • Dies

    Dies
    Champlain suffered a severe stroke in October 1635, and died on 25 December 1635, leaving no immediate heirs. Jesuit records tell us he died in the care of his friend and confessor Charles Lallemant. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_de_Champlain