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    with warm summers coupled with cold and snowy winters. Explorer Samuel de Champlain founded a French settlement here in 1608, and adopted the Algonquin...
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    refers more to area around the Séminaire de Québec, the original site of Laval University. Samuel de Champlain chose the Upper Town as the site for Fort...
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    Saguenay Fjord National Park (French: parc national du Fjord-du-Saguenay) is a provincial park located in Quebec, Canada. In the regions of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean...
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    Quebec (redirect from Province de Québec)
    variations in the spelling included Québecq and Kébec. French explorer Samuel de Champlain chose the name Québec in 1608 for the colonial outpost he would use...
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    Gatineau Park (French: Parc de la Gatineau) is a federal park located in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. Administered by the National Capital...
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    École de la Rose-des-Vents (Brossard) École Primaire Sainte-Claire (Brossard) École Primaire Saint-Laurent École Primaire Samuel-De Champlain (Brossard)...
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    Alfred Laliberté (category Academic staff of the École des beaux-arts de Montréal)
    d'Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Alfred Laliberté's Samuel Champlain, 8th arrondissement of Paris Alfred Laliberté's Samuel Champlain, 8th arrondissement of Paris Alfred...
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    celebrated in 2008, commemorated the founding of Quebec City in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain. Quebec City is the oldest francophone city in North America. Along...
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    parcel has belonged to the federal government since 1881. In 1620, Samuel de Champlain was ordered to stop further exploration of New France, of which he...
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    Mont-Saint-Bruno Provincial Park (French: Parc Provincial du Mont-Saint-Bruno) is a small national park of Quebec located near the municipality of Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville...
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    Promenade Samuel-De Champlain Bois-de-Coulonge Park — former location of Government House List of former cities in Quebec Saint-Michel de Sillery Church...
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  • colony accompanied by his wife and two children. The colony - with Samuel de Champlain still as Governor - was continuing to experience a lack of immigration...
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    the name of Parc de récréation des Îles-de-Boucherville (Boucherville Islands Recreational Park). When it was designated as a provincial park in 2001...
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    Longueuil - Changement des numéros de sorties entre le pont Champlain et le pont-tunnel Louis-H.-La Fontaine - Fin de la période transitoire". Newswire...
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    for matters pertaining to the French language. As an advocate for Samuel de Champlain and New France, he founded (1627) the Compagnie des Cent-Associés;...
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    and Sept-Îles. The name Matane was first assigned to the river by Samuel de Champlain as "Mantanne" in 1603. Its meaning is open to different interpretations...
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    with Samuel de Champlain and with the Montagnais, the Algonquins, and the Etchimins." In 1615, the Mission of L'Exaltation-de-la-Sainte-Croix-de-Tadoussac...
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    are three nature parks in Longueuil, Parc Marie-Victorin and Parc Michel-Chartrand in Le Vieux-Longueuil and Parc de la Cité in Saint-Hubert. It is also...
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    area dated 1601. In 1603, while surveying the Saint-Lawrence River, Samuel de Champlain recommended establishing a permanent settlement in the area. The...
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    on 17 July 1628 after an absence of two years. On 19 July 1629, Samuel de Champlain surrendered, and the missionaries returned to France. In Rouen, Brébeuf...
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    Assumption", after having written Antiscoti (1612) and Antiscoty (1613), Samuel de Champlain spelled the name of this island Enticosty (1625) and Antycosty (1632)...
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    Gaultier de Varennes de (1927). Lawrence J. Burpee (ed.). Journals and Letters of Pierre Gaultier de Varennes de La Vérendrye and his Sons. Champlain Society...
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    begins. 1962 – The Champlain Bridge in Montreal is partly opened to traffic. 1962 – Quebec general election: Liberals win. 1963 – Front de libération du Québec...
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    Montreal (redirect from Ville de Montréal)
    Ville-Marie, have effectively been removed. In 1603, French explorer Samuel de Champlain reported that the St Lawrence Iroquoians and their settlements had...
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    Témiscouata was known to the first French settlers in North America. Samuel de Champlain was informed of the lake's presence as early as 1604, before the...
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  • 2021. Hamilton 1978, p. 236. Marsh, James H. (January 23, 2014). "Lake Champlain". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved May 25, 2021. "Fiche descriptive"...
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  • the Lachine Rapids. 1608 – Québec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain. 1611 – Samuel de Champlain, in the company of a young Huron, whom he had taken...
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    Indigenous peoples in and around Tadoussac was created in 1603 led by Samuel de Champlain. This agreement led to the establishment of Québec City in 1608....
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    ranks among the largest crowds in the Mauricie area. It takes place at the Parc de la rivière Grand-Mère. The tradition goes back decades ago. The Trou du...
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    mountain is home to a provincial park, Parc National du Mont-Saint-Bruno, as well as a ski hill, Ski Mont Saint-Bruno. Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville is served...
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