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Champlain is a municipality, located in Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality and the administrative region the Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located on the north shore of St. Lawrence River, Champlain is also part of the metropolitan area of Trois-Rivières. Champlain is part of the "The Most Beautiful Villages of Quebec Association". ==Toponymy== In 1632, Samuel de Champlain, founder of the New France, gave his name to the Champlain River.〔(no_seq = 133609 Toponymy: Champlain )〕 Champlain's name was then given to the lordship by the Lord Étienne Pézard de la Touche, then to the parish, to the Quebec County (1829), to the municipality (1845) and to the Federal County (1867). The lease of the lordship, April 8, 1664, does not give a name to the manor granted to Étienne Pézard de la Touche. The act refers only to the amount of land granted extends "from the Champlain River in the amount of said river to said Trois-Rivières". From 1668, the documents relating to the residents of Champlain mention they live in "La Touche-Champlain" or simply "Champlain" from 1669.〔According to the titles of acts in Parchment bank.〕 In 1684, the place is well known as Champlain Bishop of Laval, finally giving the official titles of the parish for twenty years after its foundation, writes: "the place commonly called Champlain".〔Eddy Hamelin. ''Parish'' Champlain, Trois-Rivières, Public Good, 1933, p. 16〕 As for the Lord, it was called La Touche-Champlain already in 1680 or "Pézard Champlain" already in 1693 or Pézard Latouche-Champlain already in 1702.〔Following acts of baptisms, marriages and burials identified by the program team research in historical demography (PRDH) of the University of Montreal. Celebrants write Pesard but Cour-Cheverny, birthplace of Lord's name is written Pézard see Ghislaine Le Mauff, Daniel Guérin and Alan Larson, "Pézard Étienne de la Touche, de Champlain", Pioneers'' originating Loir-et-Cher established in Canada'', (), Genealogical Society of Loir-et-Cher http://hometown.aol.com/ghislmf / canada / Pezard / index.html (accessed 7 February 2004).〕 The Commission de toponymie du Québec reports have noted a "popular version" wanting that Samuel de Champlain has given its name because, "amazed by the beauty of the place, () would have exclaimed: "What a beautiful field", from the Latin ''campus'' planus, flat field." 〔Bank Topos Dictionary and the names and locations of Quebec. In the ''History'' Champlain, Volume 1, p. 24, the author writes: "Derived from Campus planus, flat field () is admirably suited to the locality. "He does not say whether Champlain. Itself which is exclaimed "What a beautiful field"〕 Although friendly, this version is confirmed by any written source up to now... 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Champlain, Quebec」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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