A lake on the New York-Vermont border is named for this explorer who visited the region in 1609
[DOC] [TLE] Samuel de Champlain - Wikipedia [PAR] Samuel de Champlain The Father of New France", was a French navigator, 
cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ... Champlain was the 
first European to explore and describe the Great Lakes, and published maps of ... 
northern New York and Vermont, extending slightly across the border into 
Canada.