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Keywords: Samuel de Champlain

Historical Items

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Item 6360

Samuel de Champlain, ca. 1600

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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Item 23972

Champlain Monument, Seal Harbor, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1930 Location: Seal Harbor Media: Postcard

Online Exhibits

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Designing Acadia

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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State of Mind: Becoming Maine

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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The Shape of Maine

The boundaries of Maine are the product of international conflict, economic competition, political fights, and contested development. The boundaries are expressions of human values; people determined the shape of Maine.

Site Pages

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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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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 1 of 5

"… 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."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 5 of 5

"1 (Winter 2014): 1-35. Champlain, Samuel de. "Les Voyages de La Nouvelle-France Occidentale," Dicte Canada. Paris, 1632. Fischer, David Hackett."