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Samuel de Champlain (1574–1635) was a French explorer.

Champlain may also refer to:

People

• Jacques de Champlain (1938–2009), Canadian scientist, doctor and professor
• Marshall B. Champlain (1822–1879), American lawyer and politician
• Champlain Marcil (1920–2010), Canadian photojournalist

Places

• Champlain Sea, temporary inlet of the Atlantic Ocean
• Champlain Valley, region of the United States around Lake Champlain
• Lake Champlain, natural freshwater lake in North America

Canada

• Champlain (federal electoral district), a Canadian federal electoral district in Quebec dissolved in 1982
• Champlain (Province of Canada electoral district), a district in the pre-Confederation Province of Canada
• Champlain (provincial electoral district), a Quebec provincial electoral district
• Champlain (Lower Canada), former district in Canada
• Champlain, Ontario, a township in eastern Ontario
• Champlain, Quebec, a town on north shore of the Saint Lawrence River
• Champlain Heights, a neighbourhood in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Champlain Regional County Municipality, a RCM of Quebec, amalgamated into the expanded city of Longueuil in 2001
• Champlain River, a tributary of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec
• Lordship of Champlain, granted in 1664, on the north side of the St. Lawrence River between Trois-Rivières and Quebec City
• Champlain Trail Lakes, a group of lakes on the southern point of Whitewater Region in Ontario
• Petit Champlain, a small commercial zone in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

United States

• Champlain Clay, a geologic formation in Maine
• Champlain, New York
• Champlain (village), New York
• Champlain, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Essex County, Virginia
• Champlain II (wrecksite), a sidewheel steamer shipwreck archaeological site located in Lake Champlain near Westport in Essex County, New York

Facilities and structures

• Champlain Bridge (disambiguation)
• Champlain Arsenal, a 19th-century fortification near Vergennes, Vermont, USA
• Château Champlain, a historic hotel located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Hotel Champlain, a historic hotel building located in Plattsburgh, New York, USA
• Champlain Apartment Building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C., USA
• Mail Champlain (English: Champlain Mall), in Brossard, Quebec, Canada
• Champlain Place, a shopping centre located in Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada
• Champlain Towers South, Champlain Towers, Surfside, Miami-Dade, Florida, USA; a condominium-apartment building which collapsed in 2021

Schools

• Champlain College (disambiguation), several educational establishments
• École Secondaire Catholique Champlain, French Catholic school in Chelmsford, Ontario
• Champlain School, a historic former school building at 809 Pine Street in the South End of Burlington, Vermont

Ships

• Le Champlain, the second ship of the Ponant Explorers-class of cruise ships
• MV Champlain, an Empire F type coaster in service with R & D Desgagnes, Quebec
• SS Champlain, a French cabin class ocean liner built in 1932
• HMCS Champlain, Several Canadian naval units
• USS Lake Champlain, one of three ships of the United States Navy
• SS Lake Champlain (1874), 19th century Canadian iron screw-steamer
• SS Lake Champlain (1900), British passenger ship built in 1900
• Champlain II, a sidewheel steamer wrecked in Lake Champlain near Westport in Essex County, New York, USA; the shipwreck now turned into an NRHP archaeological site
• Samuel de Champlain (tugboat), a US-flagged tugboat.

Other uses

• Champlain Housing Trust, a membership-based nonprofit, non governmental organization
• Champlain Society, Canadian text publication society
• Battle of Lake Champlain (1814) at Plattsburgh
• Battle of Lake Champlain (1776) at Valcour Bay

See also

• All pages with titles containing Champlain or Champlains
• All pages with titles beginning with Champlain