Huronia

In 1925, one of the most elaborate Champlain monuments was erected in Orillia, a small town in the region he had known as Huronia.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

In 1925, one of the most elaborate Champlain monuments was erected in Orillia, a small town in the region he had known as Huronia.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

In 1615, while he had been in Huronia, Marie de Medici had grown deeply unpopular in France.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

He sailed back to France in 1622, returned to Canada in 1623, traded actively between Huronia and Quebec, and in 1626 returned again to Paris, where he married a French woman.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

He explored large areas of the western country and visited many Indian nations who lived between Huronia and Hudson Bay.30 While Nicollet was among the Nipissing, he lived with an Indian woman and had at least one child—a daughter named Madeleine-Euphrosine.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Champlain also studied the flora and fauna of Huronia.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

We also studied the site at Cap Tourmente, now preserved as an environmental center, and the Wendake-Wendat Huron Reserve, where he studied the traditions of the Huron nation, and also were given a memorable lunch such as Champlain shared with his friends in Huronia.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Huronia was vulnerable because of its dense population, but diseases also began to spread among many other Indian nations during the 1630s.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

“Archaeological Work in Huronia, 1946: Excavations near Warminster,” Canadian Historical Review 27 1946 394–401.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

CWB 3:50–53; the fullest study is Heidenreich, Huronia, 168–99.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008