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8 unusual facts about Lordship of Champlain


Lordship of Champlain

• 1664: Construction of Fort La Touche-Champlain, in Champlain, at the mouth of the Champlain River.

In 1684, Monsignor François de Montmorency-Laval gives the official titles to the Catholic parish of Champlain, twenty years after the creation of the Lordship of Champlain, pointing out that the place is commonly called "Champlain".

On the territory of the future lordship de Champlain, the first attempt of colonization on land granted by August 16, 1643 at Champlain to Jacques Aubuchon of Trois-Rivières has not resulted mainly because of the remoteness and the Iroquois threat.

In 1679, the town of Champlain had 250 people divided into forty families, some were established since the founding of the Lordship.

• April 5, 1644: concession of the fief Marsolet and fief Tree to the Cross, located in the present territory of the Municipality of Champlain.

In 1535, during his second voyage of discovery on the St. Lawrence River, Jacques Cartier passed in front of the future town of Champlain.

The fief Marsolet and fief Hertel, granted April 5, 1644, are located in the area of Upper-Champlain (western part of the municipality).

The same place-name was issued by the authorities in the Catholic parish at provincial county (1829), the Municipality (1845) and the past federal County (1867).


Champlain River

This name, Champlain, was then given to the lordship (1664), the catholic parish (1665), the provincial county (1829), the municipality (1845) and the Federal county (1867).


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