about 1804 he preached on Sundays and taught during the week. About 1813 he ministered for a short time to a congregation near Lake Champlain, and then, possibly the following year, moved to Lunenburg
Champlain. This canal, he claimed, would greatly improve Montreal’s attractiveness as an entrepôt. After some discussion of the canal in the legislature, an engineer was appointed to recommend the
Île aux Noix, Lower Canada, Captain George Downie, had lost both his life and his squadron at the battle of Lake Champlain during Prevost’s attempt to invade the United States from Montreal. This
Gua* de Monts and Samuel de Champlain* in 1604. By establishing which of the three rivers referred to as the St Croix was in fact
president from 1849 to 1874. His investments in railways included Canada’s first railway, the Champlain and St Lawrence, completed in 1836 to connect Laprairie, on the St Lawrence River opposite
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In early December he accompanied the Patriot force which left Detroit on the Champlain to invade Upper Canada at Windsor. He claimed at his subsequent trial that the steamer was to have sailed
more important than the covering letters, are not included. Doughty’s edition of Knox, Historical journal, is valuable, as is another Champlain Society publication, Logs of the conquest
authorities in Quebec with a secret reconnaissance mission to Lake Champlain. His success in this enterprise contributed to the defeat of the conspiracy said to have been promoted by David
endeavours devoted to intellectual and moral improvement and the formation of national identity: he was a founder of the Champlain Society, sometime president and director of the Strathroy Mechanics’ Institute
Canadian provinces. Between July and November 1796 he travelled from Lake Champlain to Montreal and Quebec, returning through Montreal and continuing his journey to Kingston, Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake
. He and Shirley proposed an alternative plan for the autumn and winter months: an attack against the French at Fort Saint-Frédéric (Crown Point, N.Y.) on the western shore of Lake Champlain, which had
departing vessels at a considerably enhanced wage rate. An establishment of crimps, based on Rue Champlain near the port, emerged to facilitate, for a fee, the change of employment. In 1848 the government of
luckless advance on Montreal in 1709 and the successful expedition against Port Royal in 1710, had once again led a supporting land force to the borders of Lake Champlain. News of the disaster along with
Bain*, of the Champlain Society, an organization which publishes historical documents. His interest in history also led him to serve the National
by William Brown*. In September 1783 he obtained a commission as a surveyor and opened an office in his house on Rue Champlain; here he also
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Honorius Provost
ASQ, Documents Faribault, 23, 25. Champlain, Œuvres (Laverdière), II, 1283–87. JR (Thwaites
Champlain some time before 1612.
In 1611–12, Vignau wintered with
coutumes maritimes,” 2e sér., 3 (1897), sect.i: 119–33; and “Samuel de Champlain,” 5 (1899), sect.i
Canadian usage. It has a curious history. In the 17th century Champlain fixed its present orthography, with the
. 1812, he married Louise Pezard de Champlain, daughter of Pierre-Melchior, “sieur de la Touche de Champlain, seigneur of Godefroy, Roctaillade, and other places.” By September