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Dedication of Champlain Statue in Orillia Sparks Historic Debate
A bronze statue of Samuel de Champlain titled Founder of New France stands 80 feet high in Orillia Ontario to mark the 300th anniversary of white arrival. The piece by Vernon March was unveiled on Dominion Day by Rudolphe Lemieux.
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Amuel DE Champlain
Ontario
New France
Orillin
Toronto
Vernon March
Rudolphe Lemieux
House of Commons
Coureur Des Bois
Champlain
St. Lawrence
Montreal
Quebec
Georgian Bay
Etienne Brule
Sault
Orillia
Canada
Cham Plain
Oregon
Marine Band
Washington, D. C
Lake Champlain
Three Rivers
Atlantic
Mississippi
Plains of Abraham
Amercan
Montana
St. Louis
Willam Clark
Father de Smet
Methodists
New England
Jason Lee
Cyrus Shepherd
Flatheads
Presbyterians
Marcus Whitman
Samuel Parker
Oregon Country
Hudson's Bay Company
Lee
Whitman
Oregon Trail