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Champlain was born
in Brouage France to a father who was a naval captain. In
1603, Samuel went on his first voyage on Francois Grave du
Pont's expedition to Canada as a geographer on a fur-trading
expedition. He traveled up the St. Lawrence River and used
the information he learned to make very accurate and
detailed maps of the area of Canada from the Hudson Bay to
the Great Lakes. Later that year, he returned to
France.
In 1604, he made his
second trip to Canada and explored the Atlantic coastline
from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Cod. He stayed for three
years.
On his third trip in
1608, he founded a settlement and trading post along the St.
Lawrence River that eventually became known as the city of
Quebec. It was the first permanent white settlement in
Canada, the oldest city in Canada.
He spent the rest of
his life sailing back and forth between France and
Canada
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