discoveries. The thread of his existence must be sought in the works of Champlain
holder, politician, and seigneur; baptized 13 Nov. 1759 in Champlain (Que.), son of Jean-Jacques Le Blanc and Marie Héon; m. there 10 May 1796 Josette Richerville, and they had at
Champlain was back at Quebec, Émery de Caën entrusted the keys of the fort to Du Plessis-Bochart, who handed them over to Champlain the next day, “according to the cardinal’s decree.” In the
, and Marguerite Drapeau; b. sometime between 1643 and 1645 in France; buried 28 Oct. 1708 at Champlain
appointed by the Compagnie des Cent-Associés to assume command in the event of Samuel de Champlain
Trois-Rivières; b. 1657 at Carcassonne, France; d. 1713 at Champlain. Joseph was the youngest son of Pierre de Jordy and Louise de Rathery; his
. Champlain reports a violent quarrel on the subject of religion between the minister and “nostre curé,” which was fought with fists. This “curé” was probably Nicolas Aubry
Champlain’s orders “his funeral was marked by all the solemnity that the state of the colony . . . would permit
Champlain, and reached Quebec on 4 July. He spent a year at the monastery at Notre-Dame-des-Anges, where he worked hard at instructing a young Montagnais who was baptized on Whitsunday 1627
Du Gua de Monts and Champlain established their settlement on Île Sainte-Croix in 1604. He
-la-Madeleine, Champlain, Batiscan, and Sainte-Anne, living at Batiscan.” Perhaps he never received a commission granting him the title of royal notary, but the authorities allowed conscientious
Champlain; recounting the events of 1629, he wrote of Pierre Raye, Étienne Brûlé, and Marsolet that he had
had come to Canada about 1613 according to Champlain, who spoke highly of him in 1628. Couillard was one of
nevertheless quite possible that he came as early as 1623. Indeed Champlain, in his Voyages, speaks in that
view.”
In 1870 the first Canadian edition of the Œuvres de Champlain appeared. This edition, which Laverdière had been shaping and
ensuring the naval defence of Lake Champlain. Along with the shipbuilder Pierre Levasseur, son of René-Nicolas Levasseur*, he supervised the
[Rigaud*] and Intendant Jacques Raudot* informed the minister that they were sending him “a bag full of mineral samples found at Lake Champlain
FLÉCHÉ, JESSÉ, also called Jossé Flesche (Biard), Josué Fleche (Champlain), Fleuchy
Prairie de la Magdeleine in 1697, with the additional responsibility of serving the Champlain and Batiscan missions. In 1703 he became parish priest of Contrecœur, and served at Sorel in 1703–4. He had also