Post on 14-Jan-2016
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Billy and Kelly
Samuel was born in 1567, in Brauge,France.
When he was 20 he went to war for 5 years.
• Samuel crossed the Atlantic 11 times.
• On his 11th time he made it to the new world.
• In 1608 Champlain built the first fort in New France.
• He was nicknamed the “Father of New France.”
• Samuel was trained in navigation and map making.
• Sometime in his life he wrote a book on how Indians lived.
• Between 1599 and 1601 Champlain voyaged to the west Indies with a Spanish expedition.
• In 1609, while traveling with an Indian war party, he discovered the lake that bears his name.
• In 1613 he explored far up the Ottawa River in search of the new lands and more furs.
• The fur companies had appointed Champlain governor of Quebec in 1612, and he hoped that the tiny settlement would grow into a strong colony.
• In 1628, while England and France were at war, English ships blockaded Quebec.
• In 1603 he made his first voyage to New France as a member of a fur-trading expedition.
• Champlain first visited Canada in 1603, sailing up the St. Lawrence River as far as Montreal.
• When New France was restored to France in 1632, Champlain returned.
• What was he named the father of?
• He was named the father of New France.