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Chronicles of Canada Volume 03 – Founder of New France: A Chronicle of Champlain

by Charles William Colby

For Canada , Champlain is not alone a heroic explorer of the seventeenth century, but the founder of Quebec; and it is a rich part of our heritage that he founded New France in the spirit of unselfishness, of loyalty, and of faith.
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Chronicles of Canada Volume 03 – Founder of New France: A Chronicle of Champlain by Charles William Colby

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English

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English

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1920

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Charles William Colby, a historian and financier, was born on March 28, 1867 in Stanstead, Quebec. He was the son of a prominent businessman and politician. After obtaining his B.A. at McGill in 1887,...

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