Le rêve de Champlain - Débuts d'un rêveur, 1570 - 1601

Champlain, the king's geographer, had to convince the Court of the possibility of establishing a New France in North America. Champlain succeeds and a new expedition is organized. Champlain prepares his first departure to America.

Our correspondent goes back to the site of Île Sainte-Croix, the first French settlement in Acadia and the first failure for Champlain due to a devastating disease: scurvy. The settlement on St. Croix Island was moved to a more promising site: Port-Royal. 1608, Champlain was given a new mission: to establish a permanent settlement in…

In the spring of 1608, after facing a difficult winter, Champlain engaged in a military campaign against the Iroquois, enemies of his own native allies. At the end of 1610, upon his return to France, Champlain received terrible news. His most powerful supporter, King Henry IV, had been assassinated. He must now work behind the scenes…

Seriously wounded during a battle in the heart of Central Iroquoisia, Champlain was forced to spend a full winter in Huronia. He uses this time to study deeply the Huron customs and to visit the numerous Algonquin nations. We return to France, where the young Louis XIII, frustrated by his mother, regains control of the kingdom and…

Charles I sends privateers without faith or law to seize the French establishments in America: the Kirke brothers. Champlain had to give them back the colony without resisting. Quebec City now belonged to England. In 1633, Champlain made his triumphant return to the habitation. He worked tirelessly to rebuild and populate New France…