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1603 - Champlain's First Voyage: Exploration of the St. Lawrence
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March 15 to May 16
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Crossed from Honfleur to Tadoussac.
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May 27
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Feast at Pointe-aux-Alouettes.
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June 18 to July 11
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Left Tadoussac along the St. Lawrence, and went to Quebec City, Trois-Rivières, Île d'Orléans and returned to Tadoussac.
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July 12 to August 3
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Left Tadoussac, travelled to Gaspé, and visited Malbaie, Île Percé, and Île d'Orléans.
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August 16 to September 20
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Returned to France, to Havre from Tadoussac.
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April 1 to May 1
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Crossed the Atlantic to Île de Sable.
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May to June 1604
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Left Port-au-Mouton and explored the baie Française (Bay of Fundy). Establishment at Port-Royal.
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September 2 to October 2, 1604
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Explored the Pentagouët River (Penobscot).
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October 1604 to April 1605
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Winter at Sainte-Croix: scurvy killed many of Champlain's men.
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June 18 to August 2, 1605
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Exploration voyage up to Malebarre.
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August 1605
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Transfer of the establishment at Port-Royal.
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Winter 1605-1606
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Winter at Port-Royal.
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September and October 1606
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Unsuccessful journey: disaster at Port Fortuné; the expedition was halted at Île Soupçonneuse (Martha's Vineyard).
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Winter 1606-1607
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Winter at Port-Royal.
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1608 to 1609 - Third Voyage: to Quebec
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April 13 to June 3
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Departure from Honfleur to Tadoussac.
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July 3
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Founded the site at Quebec. Construction of the Habitation began in the summer.
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November 1608 to April 1609
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Winter at Quebec City: scurvy led to the deaths of 16 of the 25 members of his team.
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End of May to the End of July 1609
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First meeting with the Hurons: victory over the Iroquois.
Discovered Lake Champlain.
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October 8, 1609
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Arrival in France.
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1610 - Victory Over the Iroquois
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March 7 to May 19, 1610
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Eventful crossing from Honfleur to Tadoussac. Champlain was ill.
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May and June
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Returned to Quebec and travelled to Trois-Rivières.
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June 19
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Raid on the Iroquois: Champlain was injured but still won the battle.
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August 8 to September 27
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Left Quebec for Honfleur because King Henry IV was assassinated.
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1611 - Visit to Place Royale
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March 1 to May 13, 1611
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Difficult crossing to Tadoussac.
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May and June
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Voyage to Sault Saint-Louis.
Prepared for a future settlement: Place Royale.
Meeting with the Algonquians and Hurons.
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August 11 to September 10
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Crossing from Tadoussac to La Rochelle.
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1613 - Looking for the North Sea
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March 6 to the End of April
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Crossing from Honfleur to Tadoussac.
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May 2 to May 21
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Voyage to Sault Saint-Louis to meet the Algonquians.
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May 27 to August 8
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Travelled the Ottawa River.
Stopped at Long-Sault where he lost his astrolabe.
Named the "Rideau Falls" in Ottawa. Went all the way to Île-aux-Allumettes hoping to find the sea that would lead him to the North.
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August 8 to August 26
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Crossing from Tadoussac to Saint-Malo.
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1614 to 1615 - Champain's Seventh Voyage: the First Mass at Quebec City
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April 24 to May 25
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Crossing from Honfleur to Tadoussac.
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June 25, 1614
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Solemn mass at Quebec City to celebrate the beginning of the construction of houses.
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July to August 1614
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Voyage towards Huronia, in the Great Lakes region.
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September 1615 to May 1616
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Stopped at Mattawa, explored Lake Nipissing and the French River.
Champlain helped the Hurons and the Algonquians beat the Iroquois (from October 10 to 16, 1615).
Champlain was injured during this battle, so he spent the winter in Huronia and explored this territory.
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August 3 to September 10, 1616
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Returned to Honfleur from Tadoussac.
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March 11 to June 14, 1617
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The crossing from Honfleur to Tadoussac was very long and difficult.
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July 1617
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Champlain decided to return to France. He was in Paris by July 22.
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May 24 to June 24, 1618
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Crossing from Honfleur to Tadoussac.
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July 5
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Champlain had a meeting with Amerindians in Trois-Rivières to discuss the two Frenchmen who were killed in New France.
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July 30 to August 28
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This voyage was almost as short as his eighth voyage. He left Tadoussac to arrive in Honfleur.
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1620 to 1624 - Champlain Brings his Wife, Hélène Boullé, to Canada
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July
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Champlain arrived at Tadoussac with his wife Hélène Boullé, called Hélène de Champlain.
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Winter 1620 to 1621
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Restoration and construction work at Quebec City.
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September 12
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Champlain published plans, organizing the administration and justice of the new city of Quebec.
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1623 to 1624
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Habitation at Quebec City built.
Champlain left Tadoussac to France at the end of August, 1624, with his wife who never returned to New France.
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1626 to 1629 - The English Arrive at Quebec City
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1626
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Champlain left from Dieppe, accompanied by his brother-in-law Eustache Boullé to arrive at Tadoussac. He arrived at Quebec City July 5, 1626.
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July 14 to 25
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Champlain held a conference at Trois-Rivières to convince the Hurons to make peace with the Iroquois.
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Winter 1627 to 1628
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Once again it was a difficult winter. Many people died.
Champlain lost more members of his team.
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July 9
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Champlain learned the English had arrived at Tadoussac.
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Winter 1628 to 1629
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Champlain's worst winter.
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July 20, 1629
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The English took possession of the Quebec City habitation.
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End of July
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The French cleared out: Champlain was taken to Tadoussac.
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1632 to 1635 - A Great Explorer's Last Breaths
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1632
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Champlain's last work was published.
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May 22, 1633
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Champlain and the French regained possession of the habitation at Quebec City.
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Summer 1633
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Champlain retained contact with a few Amerindian tribes. They understood that the French, unlike the English, wanted to be their allies.
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1634
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Construction began on the habitation at Trois-Rivières.
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1634 - 1635
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Many French families settled in New France at Quebec.
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October 1635
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Champlain was on his death bed.
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November 17
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Champlain signed his will.
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December 25, 1635
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An exhausted Champlain died peacefully at Quebec City.
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