A lake on the New York-Vermont border is named for this explorer who visited the region in 1609
[DOC] [TLE] Samuel de Champlain: Explorer - EnchantedLearning.com [PAR] Champlain also discovered the lake named for him (Lake Champlain, on the 
border of northern New York state and Vermont, named in 1609) and was 
important... [DOC] [TLE] 1609: Samuel de Champlain Reaches the Lake [PAR] fauna of the sites visited, and several maps of islands and cities such as Porto ... 
parts of North America already known as New France was as an explorer.