1. Samuel de Champlain
Written by Brooke Rice bn

2. Who is Samuel de Champlain?
He was born in 1570 and died in 1635.
Samuel de Champlain was born in Brouage, France.
The French sponsored Samuel de Champlain on his trips.
Samuel de Champlain sailed and charted most of Nova Scotia and later to Rhode Island.

3. What did Samuel de Champlain find?
Samuel de Champlain built a colony in Quebec. He developed a fur trading post with the natives. He was the first European explorer to find lake Champlain, which he named after himself.

4. Where did Samuel de Champlain travel?
In 1603, he went on his first expedition. He traveled up the Saguenay, ST. Lawrence,and the Richelieu Rivers and used the information he collected to make a map of the coast of Canada.

5. Interesting facts
Samuel de Champlain died from a stroke in 1635, on December 25, Christmas.
Samuel de Champlain wrote stories about his voyages.

6. Bibliography
Enchanted Learning Mariners Museum