Cham·plain 
(shăm-plān, shäɴ-plăɴ), Samuel de 1567?-1635.
(shăm-plān, shäɴ-plăɴ), Samuel de 1567?-1635. French explorer who founded Port Royal, now Annapolis Royal, in Nova Scotia (1605) and established a settlement (1608) on the site of present-day Quebec.