Champlain In New France

1603, canada was inhabited by the indians. In 1534 Francois the first sent Jacques Cartier for his first voyage to explore the new world. Champlain discussed an alliance with the indians and the french King which was accepted and was followed with a small celebration. Champlain continued his exploration and explored the Saguenay River. He quotes that in this new world there are no flat lands, everywhere I look all I see is Mountains. He finally reached Quebec. On his way he spotted many forests and was interested in the wood. Continuing exploration he reached Hochelaga (now called Montreal). As soon as he reached there the lachine rapids created a barrier and his trip further was postponed. Although he was stopped there he was strongly determined

Champlain was an important man because of his skills. He showed many important skills that almost every explorer to have. Skills such as cartographer, explorer, colonial administrator, mapper and many more. Champlain was also important for the his exploring abilities and also how he was diligently doing his work in helping the colony grow. He is also an important man in canadian history for discovering places where his home country would be having a lot of profit. He was also very loyal to his country, once some people reach this level they start to look around and stop doing what they are supposed to be doing and focus on other unnecessary thing. Maybe they can even work for the enemy and get paid more, but that didn’t happen to Champlain. He stayed with his country and supported it in both good and bad times. In every way but name, Samuel de Champlain was Quebec City's Governor. Given the fact that Champlain did not come from the class of nobility, he never would have been able to reach that title. However, he received the title of "lieutenant" (adjunct representative) of the, one after the other, designated Viceroy of New France, the first being Pierre Dugua de Mons. From 1629, Champlain was named "commandant" under the authority of the King Minister, Richelieu. Champlain's successor, Charles Jacques Huault de Montmagny, was the first to be named as New France and Quebec City's Governor, becoming in 1636 the first noble to live there in that century. It is Samuel de Champlain's determination to succeed in establishing a French colony in America that earned him, since the 19th century, to be named "The Father of New France". He was also integral in opening North America to French trade, especially the fur