Samuel Champlain
THIS MONUMENT WAS DEDICATED ON JULY 6, 1912
TO THE MEMORY OF
SAMUEL CHAMPLAIN
FIRST EUROPEAN TO BEHOLD OUR GREAT FORESTS AND
LOFTY MOUNTAINS, AND FIRST TO TRAVERSE THIS INLAND
WATERWAY, WHICH LATER BECAME SO RIGHT IN FAME.
CHAMPLAIN WAS BORN IN BROUAGE, FRANCE (1567) AND
DIED IN QUEBEC CITY (1635), AS GOVERNOR OF
"NEW FRANCE"
THIS PLAQUE WAS UNVEILED ON JULY 19, 1959, BY CITIZENS
OF PLATTSBURGH, TO COMMEMORATE THE 350TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE DISCOVERY OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN
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