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/ʃæmˈpɫeɪn/
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NOUN
- a lake in northeastern New York, northwestern Vermont and southern Quebec; site of many battles in the French and Indian War and in the American Revolution and in the War of 1812
- French explorer in Nova Scotia who established a settlement on the site of modern Quebec (1567-1635)
How To Use Champlain In A Sentence
- Venture out into the waters and woodlands of New England, and there's a chance you'll bump into "Champ," America's own Loch Ness Monster, who allegedly plies the muddy ripples of Lake Champlain. Boing Boing
- Champlain understood the importance of intendants, and was quick to see that they could be useful for the purposes of his grand design. Champlain's Dream
- In France and Spain they were also used as dispatch boats, which Champlain called a patache d’avis. Champlain's Dream
- The fort is situated at the southern end of Lake Champlain where the narrows lead into Lake George.
- During Champlain's short-lived career as a teacher, her pupils learned to paint by copying her own versions of floral wreaths, Fancy, and Cupid.
- Champlain -- navigator, map-maker, writer, diplomat and statesman -- was above all convinced that Canada could be home to goodness and greatness. Canada, France and Europe: Is the Atlantic Ocean Shrinking?
- I step over the yard toys and around the cross-country skis to reach the front door of the clapboard house on the shore of Lake Champlain.
- He is now a Congregationalist because his former Episcopal Church refused to surrender land it owned on Lake Champlain for a public bike path.
- Included along with the transcript is a chronology of Champ sightings, notes on the limnology of Lake Champlain, and some reprints of historical newspaper accounts involving Champ-related phenomena. Archive 2007-08-01
- The galleon was another type of large ship that Champlain knew well. Champlain's Dream
