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Champlain (other)
Samuel de Champlain (1574–1635) was a French explorer. Champlain may also refer to: People *Jacques de Champlain (1938–2009), Canadian scientist, doctor and professor * Marshall B. Champlain (1822–1879), American lawyer and politician * Champlain Marcil (1920–2010), Canadian photojournalist Places *Champlain Sea, temporary inlet of the Atlantic Ocean *Champlain Valley, region of the United States around Lake Champlain *Lake Champlain, natural freshwater lake in North America Canada *Champlain (electoral district), a Canadian federal electoral district in Quebec dissolved in 1982 *Champlain (Province of Canada electoral district), a district in the pre-Confederation Province of Canada *Champlain (provincial electoral district), a Quebec provincial electoral district * Champlain (Lower Canada), former district in Canada *Champlain, Ontario, a township in eastern Ontario *Champlain, Quebec, a town on north shore of the Saint Lawrence River * Champlain Heights, a neighb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel De Champlain
Samuel de Champlain (; Fichier OrigineFor a detailed analysis of his baptismal record, see RitchThe baptism act does not contain information about the age of Samuel, neither his birth date nor his place of birth. – 25 December 1635) was a French colonist, navigator, cartographer, draftsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He made between 21 and 29 trips across the Atlantic Ocean, and founded Quebec, and New France, on 3 July 1608. An important figure in Canadian history, Champlain created the first accurate coastal map during his explorations, and founded various colonial settlements. Born into a family of sailors, Champlain began exploring North America in 1603, under the guidance of his uncle, François Gravé Du Pont. d'Avignon (2008) After 1603, Champlain's life and career consolidated into the path he would follow for the rest of his life. From 1604 to 1607, he participated in the exploration and creation of the first permanent Europ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champlain Trail Lakes
The Champlain Trail Lakes are a group of lakes on the southern point of Whitewater Region in Ontario. They lie in more or less a straight line and are named for the fact that explorer Samuel de Champlain used them to portage around the Chenaux Rapids while exploring the Ottawa River. Coldingham, Catharine and Garden Lake all drain into Browns Bay. The rest of the lakes drain into the Muskrat River which flows through each successively. The Champlain Trail Lakes include: * Coldingham Lake * Catharine Lake * Garden Lake * Edmunds Lake * Blanchards Lake * Smiths Lake *Lake Galilee * Dump Lake * Eadys Lake *Pumphouse Lake Three Lakes Valley () is a low valley containing three freshwater lakes, extending from the vicinity of Elephant Flats northward to Stygian Cove on Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands. The three lakes, from north to south, are Heywood Lake, K ... * Olmstead-Jeffrey Lake Lakes of Renfrew County {{EasternOntario-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champlain Place
Champlain Place (french: Place Champlain), also known as Champlain Mall and corporately styled as CF Champlain, is a shopping centre located in Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada. It is the largest single-building shopping centre in Atlantic Canada by floor space. Stores The mall has over 150 stores and services. The anchor tenants are: * Walmart () * Sobeys () * Toys "R" Us () * Sport Chek () * H&M () * Urban Planet () * Linen Chest () History Major expansions The site began as a Sears store; however, in 1974, it was expanded to include Champlain Place Shopping Centre, including where Walmart is now (then Woolco) and to the west (then Dominion and Consumers Distributing). Other *Until September 2008, customers of Champlain Place were allowed to bring their shopping carts with them anywhere within the common areas of the mall. Carts have since been banned from use in the common areas, and restricted to grocery and large department stores. *Champlain Place is named after Samuel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mail Champlain
The Champlain Mall (french: link=no, Mail Champlain) is a shopping mall located in Brossard, Quebec, Canada at the intersection of Taschereau Boulevard and Lapinière Boulevard. Champlain Mall is named in honour of Samuel de Champlain but references the Champlain Bridge that was built 13 years prior to the mall's opening. Champlain Mall is strategically located in Brossard: on the South Shore's longest commercial artery Taschereau Boulevard (Quebec Route 134), near Autoroute 10 and adjacent to Terminus Brossard-Panama. Thus, the mall attracts about 6.4 million visitors every year. History Champlain Mall's history goes all the way back to October 1957, before the city of Brossard was founded, when Ivanhoe Corporation, through its business partner Westmount Realties Company, acquired a series of lots from La Prairie-de-la-Madeleine Parish with the intent of building a shopping centre at the corner of what is now Provencher and Pelletier boulevards. After Ivanhoe submitte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champlain Apartment Building
The Champlain Apartment Building, also known as the Orme Building, is an historic structure located at 1424 K St., Northwest, Washington, D.C. in the Downtown neighborhood. History The building was designed by architect Clinton Smith and constructed in 1905. A real estate venture of Senator Redfield Proctor of Vermont (who was also the president of the Vermont Marble Company), it features a white marble Beaux-Arts Classical façade. The building exemplifies the importance of elected officials on Washington's design and the significance of private construction in implementing the City Beautiful movement in Washington. Converted into an office building, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ... in 1994. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel Champlain
Hotel Champlain is a historic hotel building located in Plattsburgh, New York. It served as William McKinley's "Summer White House". It is now the site of Clinton Community College. History The hotel was opened on June 17, 1890. The first hotel building, designed by New York architect George E. Harney, was badly damaged by fire in 1910. A new building was constructed and used from 1911 until it was closed in 1951 and converted into a college. ("the George Moore Academic and Administrative Building" of the State University of New York's Clinton Community College) See also * List of residences of presidents of the United States Listed below are the private residences of the various presidents of the United States. For a list of official residences, see President of the United States § Residence. Private homes of the presidents This is a list of homes where ... Sources Hotels in New York (state) Plattsburgh, New York Buildings and structures in Clinto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Château Champlain
The Montreal Marriott Château Champlain Hotel, commonly known as the Château Champlain, is a historic hotel located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, overlooking Place du Canada, at 1050 De la Gauchetière Street West. History Opened on January 11, 1967, the Château Champlain was constructed by CP Hotels to accommodate the crowds visiting Expo 67. At the time it was the tallest hotel in Canada. Canadian Pacific Railways chairman Buck Crump proposed naming the hotel after the explorer and founder of Quebec City and New France, Samuel de Champlain. Canadian Pacific sold the hotel in 1995, and it joined the Marriott hotel chain. In 2018 the hotel was purchased by the Tidan Hospitality and Real Estate Group for $65 million. Architecture The hotel stands high with 40 floors and was designed by Quebec architects Roger D'Astous and Jean-Paul Pothier. The arch-shaped windows were intended by the designers to complement the Romanesque Revival arches of nearby Windsor Station, anothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champlain Arsenal
Champlain Arsenal was a 19th-century fortification near Vergennes, Vermont. Two buildings, built in 1825, still stand and make up the oldest remaining buildings of the Vermont Industrial School, now a Job Corps center. The two arsenal buildings have been shuttered since the 1970s. Origins The Army established this federal arsenal in 1826 or 1828. It contained quarters for officers, barracks, a magazine, ordnance storehouses, and munitions storehouses. Antebellum operations Josiah Gorgas Josiah Gorgas (July 1, 1818 – May 15, 1883) was one of the few Northern-born Confederate generals and was later president of the University of Alabama. As chief of ordnance during the American Civil War, Gorgas managed to keep the Confederate a ... briefly served at Champlain Arsenal. First abandonment The Army discontinued Champlain Arsenal in 1855. Civil War era Champlain Arsenal reopened in 1861. Decommissioning The Army left Champlain Arsenal in 1872. The War Department sold the site ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champlain Bridge (other)
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Champlain Bridge may refer to: * Champlain Bridge (Montreal, 1962–2019), a bridge in Montreal, Quebec, Canada * Champlain Bridge (Montreal, 2019–present), a replacement bridge in Montreal, Quebec, Canada * Champlain Bridge (Ottawa), a bridge in Canada connecting Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec * Lake Champlain Bridge (1929–2009), a bridge connecting Vermont and New York, US * Lake Champlain Bridge (2011–present), a replacement bridge between Vermont and New York, US See also * Champlain (other) Samuel de Champlain (1574–1635) was a French explorer. Champlain may also refer to: People *Jacques de Champlain (1938–2009), Canadian scientist, doctor and professor * Marshall B. Champlain (1822–1879), American lawyer and politician * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champlain II
The steamboat Oakes Ames was built in 1868 by the Napoleon B Proctor Shipyard in Burlington, Vermont for the Rutland Railroad. The 244-foot paddle wheeler was designed to ferry railroad cars from Burlington across Lake Champlain to Plattsburgh, New York. She was named after one of the railroad's directors' Oakes Ames. She successfully trialed on 19 August 1868 and her maiden excursion ran the next day to Willsboro Bay, Plattsburg. Mr. Ames went onward to Montreal for a review of the railroad's assets. In 1874, the ship was renamed and repurposed for passenger service as the ''Champlain II''. The following year, on July 16, 1875, the ship was wrecked when it ran aground after drifting off course while being guided by a pilot under the influence of morphine. A salvage operation shortly afterwards removed much of the superstructure, leaving about a third of the wreck in place. ''See also:'' The site is now an archaeological site located in Lake Champlain near Westport, New York, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champlain, Virginia
Champlain is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Essex County, Virginia, Essex County, Virginia, United States. It lies at the junction of U.S. Route 17 and Route 631 in a rural region of the county. Champlain's zip code is 22438. The Glebe House of St. Anne's Parish, St. Matthew's Church (Champlain, Virginia), St. Matthew's Church, and Linden (Champlain, Virginia), Linden are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. References Unincorporated communities in Essex County, Virginia Unincorporated communities in Virginia {{EssexCountyVA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champlain (village), New York
Champlain is a village in Clinton County, New York, United States. The population was 1,101 at the 2010 census. The village is located in the town of Champlain, approximately west of Lake Champlain, and is north of Plattsburgh. History The lake and the village were named in honor of Samuel de Champlain, who first surveyed the area in 1609. It was part of Canada until 1763, and became part of the United States in 1783. Champlain was an important staging point in the War of 1812. The village was incorporated in 1873. Geography Champlain village is located in the north-central part of the town of Champlain at (44.986678, -73.446373). Interstate 87 (the Adirondack Northway) runs past the western side of the village, with access from exits 42 and 43. Montreal is to the north, and Plattsburgh is to the south. US 9 passes through the village and intersects US 11 south of the village. NY 276 intersects US-11 east of Champlain. According to the United States Census Bureau, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
