Keywords: Samuel de Champlain
Item 6360
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1600 Media: Ink on paper
Item 102778
Champlain Society log, Information about Samuel de Champlain, Cambridge, 1882
Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 1882 Location: Mount Desert; Cambridge Media: Ink on paper, softbound notebook
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For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.
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The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2
"… club, called the Champlain Society after Samuel de Champlain. This was not just a vacation, however."
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"… led by Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons and Samuel de Champlain, the founder of Québec. They named the island they camped on that first winter “St."