Champlain Quotes & Sayings

The Almighty has been pleased to grant us a signal victory on Lake Champlain in the capture of one Frigate, one Brig and two sloops of war of the enemy. — Thomas Macdonough

While the very inhabitants of New England were thus fabling about the country a hundred miles inland, which was a terra incognitato them, ... Champlain, the first Governor of Canada, ... had already gone to war against the Iroquois in their forest forts, and penetrated to the Great Lakes and wintered there, before a Pilgrim had heard of New England. — Henry David Thoreau

Physical death is a transitional step in the total life process. The soul, which does not die, having finished with the Earthly body, moves to a higher level of life, where it grows under greatly enhanced circumstances. — Sandra Champlain

They might in the future more than ever before engage in hunting beavers. — Samuel De Champlain

We drove ten miles in silence, the country road canopied in electric green. I pressed my head against the glass to watch the new maple leaves curling in the breeze. Every few turns offered a tempting glimpse of Lake Champlain's choppy waters. — Miranda Beverly-Whittemore

And he relished a day at Lake George in the Adirondacks on his trip through the north with James Madison in 1791.26,27,28 "An abundance of speckled trout, salmon trout, bass and other fish with which it is stored, have added to our other amusements the sport of taking them," Jefferson had written Patsy. He had been as unhappy with Lake Champlain as he had been happy with Lake George, noting that the larger Champlain was "a far less pleasant water.29 It is muddy, turbulent, and yields little game" - all things Jefferson disliked in fishing as in life. — Jon Meacham

I directed the men in our barque to approach near the savages, and hold their arms in readiness to do their duty in case they notice any movement of these people against us. — Samuel De Champlain

The advice I give to all adventurers is to seek a place where they may sleep
in safety. — Samuel De Champlain

Champlain missing was so much more potent than Champlain found. — Louise Penny