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Champlain

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Champlain may refer to:

People

  • Samuel de Champlain (1574–1635), French explorer from whom most other usages of the name take their origin
  • 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, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, that existed from about 13,000 years ago to about 10,000 years ago
  • Lake Champlain, located mainly within the United States between the states of Vermont and New York, but partially situated across the Canada-United States border in the Canadian province of Quebec, within the Champlain Valley
  • Champlain Valley, located mainly within the United States between the states of Vermont and New York, but partially situated across the Canada-United States border in the Canadian province of Quebec, around Lake Champlain

Canada

  • Champlain (electoral district), a Canadian federal electoral district in Quebec dissolved in 1982
  • Champlain (Province of Canada), 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 neighbourhood in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Champlain Peak, the highest summit of Bic National Park in Quebec
  • Champlain Regional County Municipality, a RCM of Quebec, amalgamated into the expanded city of Longueuil in 2001
  • Champlain River, a tributary of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec
  • Lordship of Champlain, granted in 1664, on the north side of the St. Lawrence River between Trois-Rivières and Quebec City
  • Champlain Trail Lakes, a group of lakes on the southern point of Whitewater Region in Ontario
  • Petit Champlain, a small commercial zone in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

United States

  • Champlain Clay, a geologic formation in Maine
  • Champlain (town), New York
  • Champlain (village), New York
  • Champlain, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Essex County, Virginia
  • Champlain II (wrecksite), a sidewheel steamer shipwreck archaeological site located in Lake Champlain near Westport in Essex County, New York

Facilities and structures

  • Champlain Bridge (disambiguation)
  • Champlain Arsenal, a 19th-century fortification near Vergennes, Vermont, USA
  • Château Champlain, a historic hotel located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Hotel Champlain, a historic hotel building located in Plattsburgh, New York, USA
  • Champlain Apartment Building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C., USA
  • Mail Champlain (English: Champlain Mall), in Brossard, Quebec, Canada
  • Champlain Place, a shopping centre located in Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada

Schools

  • Champlain College (disambiguation), several educational establishments
  • École Secondaire Catholique Champlain, French Catholic school in Chelmsford, Ontario
  • Champlain School, a historic former school building at 809 Pine Street in the South End of Burlington, Vermont

Ships

  • Le Champlain, the second ship of the Ponant Explorers-class of cruise ships
  • MV Champlain, an Empire F type coaster in service with R & D Desgagnes, Quebec
  • SS Champlain, a French cabin class ocean liner built in 1932
  • HMCS Champlain, Several Canadian naval units
  • USS Lake Champlain, one of three ships of the United States Navy
  • SS Lake Champlain, 19th century Canadian iron screw-steamer
  • Champlain II, a sidewheel steamer wrecked in Lake Champlain near Westport in Essex County, New York, USA; the shipwreck now turned into an NRHP archaeological site

Other uses

  • Champlain Housing Trust, a membership-based nonprofit, non governmental organization
  • Champlain Society, Canadian text publication society
  • Battle of Lake Champlain (1814) at Plattsburgh
  • Battle of Lake Champlain (1776) at Valcour Bay

See also

  • All pages with titles containing Champlain or Champlains
  • All pages with titles beginning with Champlain
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