he ministered for a short time to a congregation near Lake Champlain, and then, possibly the following year, moved to Lunenburg, N.S. He settled finally in Sheet Harbour in 1821, again taking up
had been delighted with the St Lawrence canals when they were opened in 1848, and he believed that to ensure their success another canal should be built from the St Lawrence to Lake Champlain
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 disaster was the second suffered by Sir James’s
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
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 to Black River, Mich., where he
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
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
months: an attack against the French at Fort Saint-Frédéric (Crown Point, N.Y.) on the western shore of Lake Champlain, which had become a base for raids upon the frontiers of New England and New York. Its
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
led a supporting land force to the borders of Lake Champlain. News of the disaster along with orders to abandon the attack on Montreal came as a bitter blow, but a righteous anger which led him, so the
*, of the Champlain Society, an organization which publishes historical documents. His interest in history also led him to serve the National Battlefields Commission, the Quebec tercentenary committee
Brown*. In September 1783 he obtained a commission as a surveyor and opened an office in his house on Rue Champlain; here he also gave courses in surveying, mathematics, and French. In January 1785 he
.
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
sér., 3 (1897), sect.i: 119–33; and “Samuel de Champlain,” 5 (1899), sect.i: 79
the only name to survive in Canadian usage. It has a curious history. In the 17th century Champlain fixed
Champlain, daughter of Pierre-Melchior, “sieur de la Touche de Champlain, seigneur of Godefroy, Roctaillade, and other places.” By September 1813 he was residing on one of the best streets in Quebec, called