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MONTREAL, Nov. 8, 2024 /CNW/ - On November 11, the Samuel De Champlain Bridge will be lit up in red from sunset to 9:30 p.m. for Remembrance Day. Note: After 9:30 p.m., the architectural lighting ...
MONTREAL, Oct. 11, 2024 /CNW/ - On October 14, the Samuel De Champlain Bridge will be lit up in fall colours from sunset to 9:30 p.m. to celebrate Thanksgiving. Note: After 9:30 p.m., the ...
On July 3, 1608, Samuel de Champlain, the French explorer, laid the foundations for the city of Quebec. In 1775 George Washington took command of the Continental Army in Cambridge, Mass.
French explorer and cartographer Samuel de Champlain ignored the existing Indian names for the large lake he visited in 1609 and instead gave it his own name, the only geographical feature he ever ...
The only known portrait of Samuel de Champlain, shows him firing an Arquebus during a battle with the Iriquois on 30 June 1609 on the banks of what would later become Lake Champlain. Champlain and ...
A statue of Samuel de Champlain overlooks Lake Champlain in Plattsburgh. A Native American and a guideboat are below him on the pedestal. There are a number of factual errors on the statue ...
MONTRÉAL, QC, June 5, 2024 /CNW/ - Tonight, the Samuel De Champlain Bridge will be lit up in green from sunset to 10 p.m. to celebrate World Environment Day. Note: After 10 p.m., the architectural ...