Editing Samuel de Champlain (section)

== Legacy ==
[[File:Samuel de Champlain (Québec).jpg|thumb|Statue of Samuel de Champlain at sunrise (looking to the north-west; with a similar expressive face as traditionally [[Jacques Cartier]]'s), by {{interlanguage link|Paul-Romain Marie Léonce Chevré|fr|Paul Chevré}} (Paris, 1896–1898), as newly repaired for 2008, at [[Quebec City]] since 1898, near ''[[Château Frontenac]]'' grand hotel, on the ''[[Terrasse Dufferin]]''.]]

Many sites and landmarks have been named to honour Champlain, who was a prominent figure in many parts of [[Acadia]], [[Ontario]], [[Quebec]], [[New York (state)|New York]], and [[Vermont]]. Memorialized as the "Father of New France" and "Father of [[Acadia]]", his historic significance endures in modern times. [[Lake Champlain]], which straddles the border between northern [[New York (state)|New York]] and [[Vermont]], extending slightly across the border into Canada, was named by him, in 1609, when he led an expedition along the [[Richelieu River]], exploring a long, narrow lake situated between the [[Green Mountains]] of present-day [[Vermont]] and the [[Adirondack Mountains]] of present-day [[New York (state)|New York]]. The first European to map and describe it, Champlain claimed the lake as his namesake.

Memorials include:
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* [[Lake Champlain]], [[Champlain Valley]], the [[Champlain Trail Lakes]].
* [[Champlain Sea]]: a past inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in North America, over the [[Saint Lawrence River|St. Lawrence]], the [[Saguenay River|Saguenay]], and the [[Richelieu River|Richelieu]] rivers, to over [[Lake Champlain]], which inlet disappeared many thousands years before Champlain was born.
* Champlain Mountain, [[Acadia National Park]] – which he first observed in 1604.<ref>[[#Acadia|Acadia National Park]]</ref>
* A [[Champlain (town), New York|town]] and [[Champlain (village), New York|village]] in New York, as well as a [[Champlain, Ontario|township in Ontario]] and a [[Champlain, Quebec|municipality in Quebec]].
* The provincial electoral district of [[Champlain (provincial electoral district)|Champlain]], [[Quebec]], and several defunct electoral districts elsewhere in Canada.
* [[Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park]], a [[provincial park]] in northern Ontario near the town of [[Mattawa, Ontario|Mattawa]].
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* [[Champlain Bridge (Montreal)|Champlain Bridge]], which connects the [[island of Montreal]] to [[Brossard]], Quebec across the St. Lawrence.
* [[Champlain Bridge (Ottawa)|Champlain Bridge]], which connects the cities of [[Ottawa]], Ontario and [[Gatineau]], Quebec.
* Champlain College, one of six colleges at [[Trent University]] in [[Peterborough, Ontario]], is named in his honour.
* Fort Champlain, a [[dormitory]] at the [[Royal Military College of Canada]] in [[Kingston, Ontario]]; named in his honour in 1965, it houses the 10th cadet squadron.
* A French school in [[Saint John, New Brunswick]]; École Champlain, an elementary school in [[Moncton, New Brunswick]] and one in [[Brossard]]; [[Champlain College]], in [[Burlington, Vermont]]; and [[Champlain Regional College]], a [[CEGEP]] with three campuses in Quebec.
* [[Château Champlain|Marriott Château Champlain]] hotel, in Montreal.
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* Streets named Champlain in numerous cities, including Quebec, [[Shawinigan]], the city of [[Dieppe, New Brunswick|Dieppe]] in the province of New Brunswick, in [[Plattsburgh]], and no less than eleven communities in northwestern Vermont.
* A garden called Jardin Samuel-de-Champlain in Paris, France.
* A memorial statue on Cumberland Avenue in [[Plattsburgh (city), New York|Plattsburgh, New York]] on the shores of [[Lake Champlain]] in a park named for Champlain.
* A memorial statue in [[Saint John, New Brunswick]], Canada in Queen Square that commemorates his discovery of the [[Saint John River (New Brunswick)|Saint John River]].<ref>[http://www.saintjohn.nbcc.nb.ca/Heritage/HistoricalTour/AdditionalInformation.htm Saint John Additional Information] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927110701/http://www.saintjohn.nbcc.nb.ca/Heritage/HistoricalTour/AdditionalInformation.htm |date=September 27, 2011 }}</ref>
* A memorial statue in [[Isle La Motte, Vermont]], on the shore of [[Lake Champlain]].
* The [[lighthouse]] at [[Crown Point, New York]] features a statue of Champlain by [[Carl Augustus Heber]].
* A [[commemorative stamp]] issue in May 2006 jointly by the [[United States Postal Service]] and [[Canada Post]].<ref>[[#Gicker2006|Gicker (2006)]]</ref>
* A statue in [[Ticonderoga, New York]], unveiled in 2009 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Champlain's exploration of Lake Champlain.
* A statue in [[Orillia]], Ontario at Couchiching Beach Park on [[Lake Couchiching]].  This statue was removed by Parks Canada, and is not likely to be returned, as it incorporated offensive depictions of First Nations peoples.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://barrie.ctvnews.ca/orillia-s-champlain-monument-restoration-on-hold-1.4018930|title = Orillia's Champlain monument restoration on hold|date = 18 July 2018|access-date = 12 June 2019|archive-date = 12 November 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191112191503/https://barrie.ctvnews.ca/orillia-s-champlain-monument-restoration-on-hold-1.4018930|url-status = live}}</ref>
* [[HMCS Champlain (1919)|HMCS ''Champlain'' (1919)]], a S class destroyer that served in the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] from 1928 to 1936.
* [[HMCS Champlain|HMCS ''Champlain'']], a [[Canadian Forces Naval Reserve]] division based in [[Chicoutimi, Quebec]] since activation in 1985.
* [[Champlain Place]], a shopping centre located in [[Dieppe, New Brunswick]], Canada. 
* The [[Champlain Society]], a Canadian historical and [[text publication society]], chartered in 1927.
* A memorial statue in [[Ottawa]] at [[Kìwekì Point]], by [[Hamilton MacCarthy]]. The statue depicts Champlain holding an astrolabe (upside-down, as it happens). It did previously include an "Indian Scout" kneeling at its base. In the 1990s, after lobbying by Indigenous people, it was removed from the statue's base, renamed and placed as the "[[Anishinaabe Scout]]" in [[Major's Hill Park]].