The Lake Champlain Tercentenary, Sesquicentennial and Quadricentennial Celebrations
1909, 1959 and 2009
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The Quebec Celebrations of 1908

Three large celebrations have taken place in upstate New York and Vermont to commemorate the exploration of Lake Champlain by French explorer Samuel de Champlain.  The first celebration was in 1909 to mark the 300th anniversary of Champlain’s exploration of Lake Champlain in July of 1609.  This was called the Tercentenary. A second celebration occurred 50 years later, in 1959, and was called the Sesquicentennial.  And a third celebration occurred on the 400th anniversary and was called the Quadricentennial or “Quad”.
At the same times, a similar celebration occurred in the Hudson Valley to commemorate the exploration of the Hudson River by Dutch explorer Henry Hudson. Celebrations occurred in 1909, 1959 and 2009 and were called the Hudson – Fulton Celebrations.  The name of Fulton commemorates Robert Fulton who invented the first steamboat called the “Clermont.” The steamboat sailed on the Hudson River in 1807.

Finally, another celebration occurred in Québec in 1908. This commemoration was to celebrate Samuel de Champlain’s founding of Québec City in 1608.

All of the celebrations involved elaborate ceremonies, speeches by dignitaries, parades, musical performances, dances, plays and fireworks.  In 1909, President Taft visited Burlington and Plattsburgh for the July 4 celebrations and thousands of people attended the events.

Many souvenirs were produced for each celebration and included medals, pins, flags of all shapes, drinking glasses and even ashtrays.  Publications were written for each celebration and described the history of the area, the history of Samuel de Champlain and his explorations, a history of Henry Hudson as well as other historical events for each area.  In 1909 and 1913, the New York State tercentenary commissioners published a comprehensive final report for the Lake Champlain region as well as the Hudson Valley region. 

In 2009, Celine Racine Paquette, a resident of Champlain, New York, was appointed a commissioner by New York governor George Pataki to represent New York State and the Lake Champlain region for the Quadricentennial celebrations.  Between 2002 and 2009, Paquette attended many meetings and celebrations.  She attended the rededication of the Champlain monuments in Crown Point and Plattsburgh.  She also represented New York State at ceremonies in Burlington as well as Québec.  Planning books, documents, programs and souvenirs were collected by her during this time.

​This page shows a partial list of items that the Samuel de Champlain History Center has collected and preserved.  Samples from the collection are shown in the galleries and slideshows.

LIBRARY MATERIAL
​Books

300th Founding of Quebec Celebration, 1908
  • Pageants du Tricentenaire de Quebec: mis en scene par M. Frank Lascelles: dialogues et discours par M. Ernest Myrand: musique preparee par M. Joseph Vezina, etc.Frank Lascelles; Published by Quebec: Typ. Laflamme & Proulx (1908
  • Le fondateur de la Nouvelle-France: Champlain. Dessins et cartes de Champlain; plaquette publiée avec le patronage de l' Association "La Canadienne." (1908); Du Saguenay, Jean, Association "La Canadienne", Paris
  • Bulletin de la Societe de Geographic de Quebec, Julliet 1908
  • The Tercentenary History of Canada from Champlain to Laurier by Frank Basil Tracy, with many full-page illustrations, portraits and maps especially made for this work. 1908. Volume 1.
  • The Tercentenary History of Canada from Champlain to Laurier by Frank Basil Tracy, with many full-page illustrations, portraits and maps especially made for this work. 1908. Volume 2.
  • The Tercentenary History of Canada from Champlain to Laurier by Frank Basil Tracy, with many full-page illustrations, portraits and maps especially made for this work. 1908. Volume 3.
  • The Art of Nation Building.  Pageantry and Spectacle at Québec's Tercentenary by H.V. Nelles.  Published by the University of Toronto Press, 1999.  Keywords:  Kovac Centennial Celebrations, Québec history, Canada – history, 1867 – 1914. Published 1999.
  • Samuel de Champlain Fondateur de Quebec, Programme-Souvenir de la Celebration Nationale a Quebec, 1608-1908. Published 1908.

300th Lake Champlain Tercentenary, 1909
  • Lake Champlain Tercentenary, July 4 – 10, 1909. State of New York Education Department 1909. Multiple copies.
  • The Tercentenary Celebration of the Discovery of Lake Champlain and Vermont. A report to the Gen. Assembly of the State of Vermont by the Lake Champlain Tercentenary Commission, 1910.
  • State of New York: The Champlain Tercentenary – Final Report, 1909. Thick blue book.
  • State of New York: The Champlain Tercentenary – Final Report, 1913. Thick blue book, shows photographs of the Champlain monuments that Hugh McLellan was the architect for.
  • Magazine: The Vermonter, The State Magazine. Champlain Tercentenary Souvenir Number, August – September 1909. Published monthly by Charles R. Cummings at White River Junction, Vermont. Special Quadicentennial edition published by the Alburgh Historical Society.
  • Vermont History Magazine: Champlain.  Published by the Vermont Historical Society,  Vol. 77, No. 2, summer/fall 2009. Lake Champlain Quadricentennial Issue.   Articles:  pageants, Parades and Patriotism: Celebrating Champlain in 1909; Commemorating a Transnational Hero: the 1909 Celebration of the Tercentenary of the Discovery of Lake Champlain; Samuel de Champlain and the Naming of Vermont; Vermont Archives and Manuscripts: Researching Lake Champlain.  shows the Champlain monuments and Crown Point and Plattsburgh from Special Collections in Plattsburgh. 300th Tercentenary Celebration, 1909 published as part of 400th Quadricentennial publication.
  • Tercentenary of Lake Champlain 1609 – 1909.  Tercentenary of Lake Champlain Burlington.
  • Historical Booklet of the Discovery of Lake Champlain. By Horace W. Bailey, Issued by the Lake Champlain Tercentenary Commission of Vermont, 1909.
  • Champlain and Lake Champlain, a poem by Daniel L. Cady, the programme of the Champlain Tercentenary Celebration of 1909
  • Champlain Tercentenary Celebration at Rouses Point, NY, July 9-10, 1909 under the auspices of the New York Lake Champlain Tercentenary Commission
  • Champlain Tercentenary Celebration, July 4 – 10, 1909, published under the auspices of the State Commissions of New York and Vermont and the Central Vermont Delaware and Hudson and Railroads (multiple copies).

350th Sesquicentennial Celebration, 1959
  • 350th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION REPORT 1609-1959 - MAKING THE DISCOVERY OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN; New York-Vermont Interstate Commission on the Lake Champlain Basin - compiled by Roy Kennedy, Grace Lewis & Lois Blanchard; Published by State of New York, 1960
  • Hudson – Champlain Celebration, 350 years 1609 – 1959 of Fort Edward, New York, edited by Alice R. Loughlin, For Edward – Hudson – Champlain Celebration Corporation
  • Vermont Historical Souvenir, 1959. New York – Vermont Festival year celebrating the 350th anniversary of the discovery of Lake Champlain. The story and pictures of the independent nation of Vermont 1789 – 1791. Printed in 1941.
  • 250th Celebration Newburg, New York, 1709 – 1959, July 5 – July 12, 1959. 350th Hudson – Champlain Celebration. 1609 – 1959. Orange booklet.
  • Discovery. Navigation and Navigators of Lake Champlain. Reprinted from Abbie Maria Hemenway's 'The Vermont Historical Gazetteer', 1859.  Printed by the Burlington Savings Bank For the 350th Champlain Anniversary Festival 1959.
  • The Flow of Destiny, 1609 – 1959 by R.B. de Corday.
  • The Tower, souvenir edition, Ticonderoga, New York, May, 1959, Vol. 3, No. 5, published by the International Paper Company
  • Vermont History Magazine: Champlain.  Published by the Vermont Historical Society,  Vol. 27, No. 3, July 1959.  Articles:  Historical Champlain Maps, part 4 by John C. Huden; Mount Independence – Hubbardton 1776 Military Rd. by Joseph Wheeler and Mabel Wheeler; Dorothy Canfield Fisher: the deepening stream by Bradford Smith; materials in the national archives by W. Neil Franklin
  • Vermont History Magazine: 350th Champlain Celebration Anniversary Festival.  Published by the Vermont Historical Society, Vol. 27, No. 1, January 1959.  Articles: Historical Champlain Maps by John C. Huden. 
  • Adirondack Guide: Vacationland: in picture, story and history.   Includes the official program 1959 Champlain Anniversary Celebration
  • North Country Life, summer – 1959. Shows Champlain in a canoe with Indians rowing.
  • Vermont Life magazine, Summer 1959.  Lake Champlain: 350 Years. Four copies.
  • Vermont Sings.  Small booklet published in 1959 that was many songs in words and notes related to the Champlain celebrations in Vermont in 1959. "Preface: The Champlain Festival Commission is very pleased to present this Vermont Book not only for use in 1959, but for the years ahead. The Songs Are Those That Have Been Selected by Many Vermonters..."
  • Historic Rockland County and the 350th Hudson – Champlain Anniversary Celebration, 1609 – 1959. A commemorative booklet of Rockland Counties "Year of History."
  • 1959 poster.  Visit New York, the Empire State.  World-famed parks and historic sites.  350th Hudson Champlain Celebration.  New York's Year of History.  1609-1959.

300th Hudson-Fulton Celebration, 1909
1909/1959 Hudson-Fulton Celebration related books
  • The Hudson-Fulton Celebration 1909. The fourth annual report of the Hudson – Fulton celebration commission to the legislature of the State of New York.  Printed for the State of New York by J.B. Lyon Company, State Printers, at Albany, 1910. Volume 1. Very thick book, brown cover.
  • The Hudson-Fulton Celebration 1909. The fourth annual report of the Hudson – Fulton celebration commission to the legislature of the State of New York.  Printed for the State of New York by J.B. Lyon Company, State Printers, at Albany, 1910. Volume 2. Very thick book, brown cover.
  • Munsey's Magazine, July 1909. The Discovery of New York and the Tercentenary of Hudson and Champlain by Harry Thurston Peck.
  • Hudson – Fulton – Celebration. 1609 – 1909. Modern color photocopy of a booklet published in 1909. Booklet printed with red stripe on top and blue stripe on bottom of cover.
  • Official Souvenir Hudson – Fulton Celebration Historical Pageant.  Historical Pageant Hudson-Fulton Celebration September 25 to October 9, 1909
  • The Hudson River. Published by L.H. Nelson Co., Portland, Me. 1907. Small booklet with blue cover about the Hudson River.
  • Panorama of the Hudson showing both sides of the river from New York to Albany. First photo panorama of any river ever published. 150 miles of continuous scenery accurately represented from 800 consecutive photographs.  Published 1903.
  • Des Memoires de la Societe Royale du Canada Troisieme Serie 1909-1910.  Champlain et Hudson. La Decouverte du Lac Champlain, et celle de la Riviere Hudson. A l'occasion du Tricentenaire de ces deux evenements.  1609-1909  by l'Abbe Auguste Gosselin, 1910.
  • Hudson-Fulton Celebration 1609-1807-1909.  Published by the State of New York Education Department 1909.

Hudson Valley History (vintage and current publications)
  • OLD STEAMBOAT DAYS ON THE HUDSON RIVER. Tales and Reminiscences of the Stirring Times That Followed the Introduction of Steam Navigation. [Hardcover] Buckman, David Lear. Buckman, David Lear. Published by The Grafton Press, 1907
  • Half Moon: Henry Hudson & the Voyage That Redrew the Map of the New World. By Douglas Hunter. Bloomsbury Press, 2009.
  • Hudson Crossroads: A Documentary Narrative of Three Centuries in Upper New York.  Sears, Mary Hun. Published by Exposition Press, 1954.
  • Book: The Hudson River, 1850 – 1918. A Photographic Portrait by Jeffrey Simpson. Published 1981.
  • Book: Hoopla on the Hudson. Hudson – Fulton Celebration 1609 – 1807 – 1909, September 25 to October 9. By Lincoln Diamant. Published 2003.
  • Life Along the Hudson: Woodcut Engravings of Hudson River Subjects from Harper's Weekly, 1859 – 1903, edited by Valice F. Ruge.
  • Voyage of Discovery: New Netherland, An Exploration of Past and Present. Published by New Netherland Museum. Published 2004.
  • Voyage of Discovery: New Netherland, An Exploration of a Dutch Colonial Settlement. Published by New Netherland Museum. Published 2004.
  • The Hudson River Valley Review: a Journal of Regional Studies.  Hudson – Fulton – Champlain Quadricentennial Commemorative Issue. Copyright 2008 by the Hudson River Valley Institute. Vol. 25, No. 2, Spring 2009.  Contains many articles about Quadricentennial and Tercentenary celebrations:  New York State and the Hudson – Fulton Celebrations in 1909, New York's Dutch Records, the triumph of Fulton's Folly, Indian histories at Ticonderoga, Henry Hudson: Marina of his Time, Juet's Journal of Hudsons 1609 Voyage, etc.
  • Hudson Valley 400 Years: So just who was this Henry Hudson fellow?
  • Clarendon Historical Society. Number 11. The Life of Henry Hudson. Continued. Historical booklet.

Souvenirs and Banners

300th Tercentenary Celebrations, 1909

350th Sesquicentennial Celebrations, 1959

400th Quadricentennial Celebrations, 2009
400th Quadricentennial Celebration, 2009
Books and Magazines
2009 Quadricentennial Celebration related books
Music CD’s made for the celebrations
  • Book: Independence Day Parade – 2009, Rouses Point, New York by Brian A. Seguine.  Color picture book of Rouses Point Parade.
  • Book: Ma Ville Mon 400. Published in 2009 with collaboration of the Society of 400th Anniversary of Québec.
  • Book: Lake Champlain Voyages of Discovery. Bringing History Home. Published by the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation. Published 2009.
  • Book: When the French were here... And they're still here. Proceedings of the Samuel de Champlain Quadricentennial Symposium. Underwritten by the Lake Champlain Basin Program.  Published 2009.
  • Vermont History Magazine, volume 77, number 2, summer – fall 2009. Lake Champlain Quadricentennial Issue. The Journal of the Vermont Historical Society.
  • Nokkahigas: Champlain and the Meeting of To Worlds by Joseph-Andre Senecal.  Published by the Center for the Study of Canada and the Institute on Québec Studies, 2009, SUNY college at Plattsburgh. 
  • Lake Champlain: Voyages of Discovery. Bringing History Home. Published by the Vermont Division for Historic Reservation. 2009.
  • Les Angevins et le Canada.  Des bords de Loire aux rives du Saint-Laurent du XVI au XX siecle.
  • La Remontee de la Riviere Richelieu Par Champlain, 1609 – 2009, 400th Anniversaire.  Collection Societe d'histoire de Belceil-Mont-Saint Hilaire.
  • Quadricentennial Souvenir Book for Rouses Point, New York. Very long book that described all the events in Rouses Point during the 2009 Quadricentennial. This book was published after all of the events and presents a good summary.  Printed in 2011.
  • Vermont Life Magazine Summer 2009, Summer Fairs
  • Vermont Vacation Guide Summer/Fall 2009 (2 copies)
  • New York State Conservationist Aug. 2009
  • Vermont Life Special Edition: Celebrating Champlain (4 copies).  2009.
  • Northern Exploring: Quadricentennial Magazine published by the Lake Champlain Weekly, summer 2009.  Cover shows the crouching Indian on the Champlain monument in Plattsburgh.  Contents describes upcoming programs in the area for the summer.
  • Champlain Telephone Directory, 2008 – 2009, published by the Champlain Telephone Company. Serving Altona, Champlain, Mooers, Mooers Forks and Rouses Point. Cover shows a very good photograph of the Champlain Monument in front of St. Mary's church.
  • Expressions Amerindiennes: Les Peuples Autochtones du Bassin du Lac Champlain. Indigenous Expressions: French Translation Guide. Published by ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center.  2009.
  • Report: Program Report – Study Restoration of the Champlain Memorial Lighthouse, Crown Point. Prepared for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Prepared by Argus Architecture in Preservation. Published November 23, 2005.
  • 400 Vermont Celebrates Champlain: Capture the Moment. Celebrate Champlain: a commemoration of the Burlington International Waterfront Festival 2009.

Champlain Valley History
  • Book: Powerful History: the Archaeology of Native people in the Champlain Lowlands. Native American archaeological sites along the Velco Northwest Reliability Project corridor in Chittenden, Addison and Rutland counties. 2007.
  • Book: Spanning the Decades – The Lake Champlain Bridge Story.  2011.
  • Book: A Beckoning Country – Art and Objects from the Lake Champlain Valley.  2009.
  • From the Green Mountains to Manhattan: The Grand Journey of the Canal Schooner Lois McClure 2005. Published by the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, 2005.
  • The Grand Canal Journey: A Voyage through New York's Canal System with the Lois McClure 2007. Published by the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, 2007.
  • A Celebration of America's Most Historic Lake. Lake Champlain: An Illustrated History. Published by Adirondack Life. 2009. Signed by Vermont Governor Jim Douglas on inside cover.  

Compact Discs
  • The Music of Vermont's First 400 years. Thrufters & Through-Stones. A two disc CD collection of music.
  • Compact disc: From the New World, Burlington, Vermont, July 11 and 12, 2009. Commission by Burlington City Arts for the Burlington International Waterfront Festival.
  • Compact disc: the Queen City Radio Hour.  Produced by Burlington City Arts in association with Kingdom County Productions. Perform live on December 31, 2008.
  • Compact disc: The making of From the New World a Community Dance Piece. Commissioned by the Burlington City Arts for the Burlington International Waterfront Festival on the occasion of the Champlain Quadricentennial, July 2009.
  • Compact disc: From the New World.  Commissioned by the Burlington City Arts for the Burlington International Waterfront Festival on the occasion of the Champlain Quadricentennial, July 2009.
  • Compact disc:  Waking up French!  Reveil.  A film by Ben Levine.  The Repression and Renaissance of the French in New England.
  • Compact disc:  Piecework: when we were French.  Ten dramatic portraits of Franco-American's written and performed by Abby Paige. 
  • Compact disc: Thrufters & Through – Stones. The Music of Vermont's first 400 years.  Two-disc CD set.

ARCHIVE MATERIAL
Pamphlets and Programs

300th Founding of Quebec Celebration, 1908
  • Champlain, 1608 – 1908. Québec. Troisieme Centenaire De La Foundation. Booklet gives a history of Samuel de Champlain, shows monument, written in French.
  • "Souvenir Officiel des Fetes Du Ille Centenaire de Quebec 1608-1908."
  • The Illustrated London News, Aug. 8, 1908-197.  Children's Homage to Champlain, the Founder of Quebec.  Shows a good drawing of the dedication of the Champlain monument in Quebec.
  • Magazine: Le Petit Parisien, Supplement Litteraire Illustre, Samuel de Champlain Fonde la Ville, Québec.  Le Tripcentenaire de la foundation de Québec. Sunday June 21, 1908
  • Champlain 1608-1909: Monument de Champlain. 
  • A 30 page tabloid history of Samuel de Champlain
  • Collier's: The National Weekly, Vol. 41, No. 19, August 1, 1908. Issued in commemoration of the Tercentenary Celebration of the founding of the city of Québec, the first permanent settlement in New France, by Chivalrous Sieur Samuel Champlain and his gallant company of adventurers, in the month of July 1608.
  • La Presse, Montréal, June 26, 1954. Samuel de Champlain, founder of Canada at Québec City on July 3, 1608.

300th Tercentenary Celebration, 1909/ 300th Hudson-Fulton Celebration, 1909
  • The Travel Magazine, July 1909. Champlain Tercentenary Souvenir Number. Shows two Indians on shore looking at Champlain's sailing ship.
  • The Youth's Companion, New England edition. The Champlain Tercentenary Celebration, under the auspices of the State Commission of New York and Vermont, July 4 – 10, 1909. July 8, 1909. Article: Celebrities to honor Champlain.  Two copies
  • Scientific American. Hudson – Fulton Celebration, September 25, 1909, Vol. 101, No. 13. Article: Fulton and his life work.
  • Invitation: Hudson – Fulton Celebration 1609 – 1807 – 1909. Banquet in honor of the guests of the Hudson-Fulton celebration commission of the State of New York at the hotel Astor on Wednesday, 29 September 1909.  Also shows major attendees and commission members.

300th Hudson-Fulton Celebration, 1909
  • "The Hudson by Daylight" by William F. Link, Office, Dateline Steamers, Pier 39, Vestry St., New York
  • Carnival Pageant Hudson Fulton Celebration, Official Souvenir, price ten cents, published by the Hudson – Fulton Celebration Commission, 1909.  New York Borough of Manhattan October 2d, Borough of Brooklyn October 9th, 1909.
  • "Singer Souvenirs of Hudson – Fulton Celebration", copyright 1909 by N.A. Ogden.
  • "Hudson – Fulton Souvenir, 1909"
  • "A cordial invitation is extended by the American Type Founders Company to all publishers and printers…. During and after the Hudson – Fulton Celebration."  
  • Official Program. Hudson-Fulton Celebration. Price $.25. Cover of program shows a sailing ship on the lake.  September 25 to October 9, 1909. Printed for the Hudson – Fulton Celebration Commission.
  • New York City's Official Program Hudson – Fulton Celebration. Complete schedule of events. Tuesday, September 28 through Saturday, October 2, 1909. Many locations in New York City listed.

300th Tercentenary Celebration, 1909​
  • Invitation: the governor of the New York Lake Champlain Tercentenary Commission requests the honor of the presence of Hon. Charles J. Heber at the Ceremonies in Celebration of the 300 anniversary of the Discovery of Lake Champlain, 1909.
  • The Vermonter, the State Magazine. Champlain Tercentenary Souvenir Number, August – September, 1909. Published monthly by Charles R. Cummings at White River Junction, Vt.
  • Newsletter: The Champlain Valley News.  Festival rich in historic past. Pageants, parades, water shows spark Year of History. Mon Dieu! What a Canoe! Samuel de Champlain Afloat Again.
  • Champlain Tercentenary Banquet, City Hall, Vergennes, July 3, 1909.
  • Poster: Big Tercentenary Celebration of the discovery of Late Champlain, at Burlington, Vermont. Week of July 4 – 10, 1909. Central Vermont Railroad schedule.
  • Program of the Champlain Tercentenary Celebration, 1909.
  • The Champlain Tercentenary Plattsburgh on Lake Champlain, July 4 – 9, 1909. The great display presented in the beautiful city on "Lake Champlain the Magnificent". Program of events and list of speakers including Louis C. Lafontaine of Champlain. 
  • Program: Champlain Tercentenary celebration at Burlington, Vermont, July 4 – 10, 1909. Published by the Executive Committee. For free distribution.
  • An Order of Worship for Religious Services in Connection with the Observance of the Tercentenary of the Discovery of Lake Champlain by Samuel de Champlain in July, 1609. Suggested for use in churches in the State of Vermont Sunday, July 4, 1909. Issued by the Lake Champlain Tercentenary Commission Vermont, June, 1909.

350th Sesquicentennial Celebration, 1959
  • Binder: Hudson – Champlain Celebration, 1959. A collection of letters and documents related to the 1959 celebration.
  • Binder: 1959 Champlain Village, Pictures and articles. Starts August 7, 1959. Program of events and many photographs of the celebrations ( photos also at Special Collections and CCHA).  Unveiling of Ashmun plaque. Dedication of the Post Office on August 8.
  • Paper documents: 1959 Champlain Festival folder. New York – Vermont interstate commission on the Lake Champlain Basin letter from John Pell, chairman. News release from Champlain Anniversary Celebration Headquarters, Ticonderoga.
  • Vermont Life Magazine, Summer 1959, volume 13, number 4. Lake Champlain: 350 Years.
  • Rutland Newsletter: The Rutland Railway Magazine. 1609 – 1959 Champlain Festival Year. Volume 8, No. 1, Spring – 1959.
  • The Champlain Valley 350th Anniversary Festival, 1609 – 1959. New York – Vermont Interstate Commission. Cover printed in red, blue and brown.
  • Vergennes, Vermont. Champlain Festival, 1609 – 1959. Dedicated to the memory of Charles W. Barrows.
  • Samuel de Champlain Festival Song. Words and Music by Pauline M. Arnold. Published by Champlain Enterprises, Burlington, Vermont. 1959 Celebration.
  • 350th Anniversary Hudson Champlain Celebration. Behr-Manning Commemorative Appointment Book, 1959. Blue cover book bound with a spiral binding.
  • 350th Hudson – Champlain Anniversary Celebration, 1609 – 1959. Drawing of Champlain standing on shoreline near his boat. Printed with light blue and light brown colors.
  • Champlain Anniversary Celebration, New York – Vermont Festival Year. Celebrating the Discovery of Lake Champlain, 1609 – 1959.
  • Whitehall, New York. Skenesborough 1759. Bicentennial celebration, July 18 – 25, 1959. Philip Skene's first patent.
  • Program of Events. Champlain anniversary celebration 1609 – 1959. New York – Vermont Interstate Commission. Cover printed in blue with blue bar at top.
  • Rouses Point, New York. Festival. June 29 – July 4. Souvenir Program. 1959.

400th Quadricentennial Celebration, 2009: Newspapers and Documents
  • Proclamation read by Governor Jim Douglas of Vermont during the Crown Point celebration on September 19, 2009.  The proclamation was written by David Patrick, author of the 2009 Quadricentennial historic calendar.
  • Various tabloid size posters announcing upcoming events for area programs. Posters show Crown Point, Plattsburgh and Champlain events in the fall of 2009, a Vermont Celebrates Champlain poster, a Vermont poster showing the kickoff of celebrations Dec. 31, 2008 and major summer 2009 events in NY and VT, the Festival of Nations event in September 2009 and the Rouses Point events over July 4th, 2009.
  • Bonne fete, Quebec.  Mediamatin Quebec, July 3, 2008
  • Burlington Free Press special weekend publication on Quad events, July 2-14, 2009, 4th Celebrate the Lake 400th
  • Newspaper clippings folder, "Quad events & news, Vermont"; various newspaper clippings about Quad events in the area. See finding aid for list of articles by year (this is not a comprehensive archive of all of the local Quad articles written; it is only a selection of select articles).
  • Newspaper Clippings folder, "Quad events & news, New York"; various newspaper clippings about Quad events in the area.   See finding aid for list of articles by year (this is not a comprehensive archive of all of the local Quad articles written; it is only a selection of select articles).

400th Quadricentennial Celebration, 2009: Printed Programs
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Organization / Program Title
Fort Ticonderoga
Welcome card: welcome to historic Fort Ticonderoga for the meeting of the Hudson – Fulton – Champlain Quadricentennial Commission, May 21, 2004

ExploreNY400
CRE Monteregie Est's/ Business Plan of the Champlain Quadricentennial 2009, June 13, 2007

LCMM
Ceremonial Birch Board Canoe launching and native encampment, August 4 – 5, 2007

Joint Conference of the American Counsel for Québec Studies and the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States
Québec et les autres.  400 years of interactions., November 13 – 16, 2008, Loews Le Concorde, Québec will

LCMM
Welcome Aboard Canal Schooner Lois McClure, 2008.  Our Shared Heritage along the waterways.  Very good brochure that discusses the history of Lake Champlain and shows many drawings and maps.

myQuébec2008.com
Join the celebrations, Québec City, 1608 – 2008.  Program still expanding: activities and events are being added regularly to the program.

Postal Service
Stamp: first day stamp issue. Explorations of Samuel de Champlain, May 28, 2008, Washington DC. "The 1606 voyage of Samuel de Champlain."

Archives Partnership Trust
Call for papers: the Conference on New York State History, SUNY Plattsburgh, June 4 – 6, 2009

Burlington City Arts
Burlington International Waterfront Festival, July 2 – 14, 2009. Program of events.

Burlington City Arts
Independence Day Celebration, VIP Reception, July 3, 2009.

Burlington City Arts
Taste of Champlain, Food Festival, July 8 – 12, 2009, Burlington.

CelebrateChamplain.org
Celebrate Champlain: Burlington International Waterfront Festival, July 2 – 14, 2009. Program of events. Newspaper that lists programs for parades, circus arts, free events, Québec, cinema, kid's shows, food fests, concerts, First Nation and fine art.

CelebrateChamplain.org
Get ready to embark on an unforgettable journey. Brochure discusses the upcoming Quadricentennial events in 2009.

CelebrateChamplain.org
St. Albans Franco-American Heritage Festival, Schedule of Events, June 18 – 20, 2009

CelebrateChamplain.org
Vermont Celebrates Champlain in 2009

CelebrateChamplain.org
Vermont Celebrates, caption calendar of events for 2009 Vermont

Champlain College
"When the French were here – and they're still here", International Symposium, July 2 – 5, 2009, at Champlain College, Burlington, Vermont.

City of Plattsburgh
Samuel de Champlain Monument Park, rededication ceremony, September 25, 2009. Monument on Cumberland Avenue, Plattsburgh.

Clinton Community College
The Legacy of the Lake and its People. Many programs at the community college including programs on Native American culture and heritage, French Canadian culture and heritage.

Echo
Indigenous Expressions: Native Peoples of the Lake Champlain Basin. Opens February 14, 2009.

ExploreNY400
Brochure: Hudson – Fulton – Champlain Quadricentennial

ExploreNY400
Crown Point Quadricentennial Day. You're invited, Saturday, September 19, 2009, 9 AM – 9 PM, Crown Point State Historic Site and Campground.

ExploreNY400
Hudson – Fulton – Champlain Quadricentennial. Brochure shows the Champlain Memorial Lighthouse and dock shortly before the restoration of the monument before 2009.  Brochure explains the restoration of the monument that was planned.

Government of Québec
Unveiling ceremony of the sculpture presented by the Government of Québec to the State of Vermont, July 10, 2009

Grand Isle
Teddy Roosevelt Day: A Quadricentennial event celebrating conservation and community, September 12, 2009, draft schedule. Includes events for agricultural heritage, natural heritage, cultural heritage. At the Isle la Motte recreation field. Celebrate the designation of the Chazy fossil reef as a national natural landmark.

Islands Chamber of Commerce
Invitation to the rededication of Historic Site Markers honoring Samuel de Champlain at the Alburgh Welcome Center.  With Gov. Jim Douglas.  2009

Lake Champlain Basin Program
Lake Champlain Quadricentennial: guide to commemoration events

Lake Champlain Basin Program
The Lake Champlain Quadricentennial Grants and Events, September 2009.  Article shows support and funding in Vermont and includes places in Burlington, the LCMM, St. Albans and other locations and organizations.

LCMM
Lois McClure event.  Presents the 1862 Class Sailing Canal Boat Lois McClure, June 23 – 24, 2009, Rouses Point at Gaines Marina. Reception to meet the crew of the Lois McClure hosted by the Rouses Point – Champlain Historical Society.

LCMM
Magazine:  LCMM News.  Spring – Summer 2009,  Quadricentennial edition.

LCMM
Navigating the Champlain Valley. 1609: Quadricentennial Curriculum. Standard status-based curriculum for grades K – 12

Magazine
Celebrons Champlain 1609 – 2009.

Michael J. Waters
Ballad: "Discovery of Lake Champlain" by Michael J. Waters, North Hero, Vermont. Historically based on logbook of Samuel de Champlain from 1609.

New York State Historical Association
SUNY Plattsburgh program of events, June 4 – 6, 2009.

Rouses Point
"A Skate through History," Celebrating the 30th anniversary of North Country Skating Club as well as the Hudson – Champlain Quadricentennial. March 14, 2009, March 15, 2009. Rouses Point Civic Center.

Rouses Point
La Caravane Des Arts.  Program that gains Marina, Lake St., Rouses Point. Presented by the Foundation for Arts Culture, Chambly Basin. Celebrating the 400th anniversary of the passage of Samuel de Champlain on the Richelieu River to Lake Champlain, Rouses Point Champlain Historical Society and the Foundation for the Arts in Culture of Chambly Basin invite you to a performance of "La Caravane Des Arts."

Rouses Point
Program of events: Celebrate the 400th anniversary of Samuel de Champlain's Exploration of Lake Champlain and Rouses Point. Program shows events from February to October, 2009. All events are in Rouses Point.

Rouses Point Historical Society
Invitation: You are cordially invited to join the first-ever Fort Montgomery Days Celebration, September 12 – 13, 2009, Rouses Point, New York. Sponsored by the Rouses Point Champlain Historical Society.

St. Mary's church
Champlain monument bookmark. Bookmark shows the Samuel de Champlain monument at St. Mary's church in the Village of Champlain. Titled Samuel de Champlain, Champlain, New York. Year 2009 marks the Quadricentennial of the French explorer's arrival on Lake Champlain and exploration of its surroundings.

St. Mary's church
Quadricentennial Mass dedicated to the founding families of Champlain, St. Mary's church, Champlain, August 2, 2009.

Studley Printing
Northern Exploring, summer 2009.  Seasonal magazine published by Studley Printing. Shows the Indian at the base of the Champlain monument in Plattsburgh.  Quadricentennial edition.

The National Arts Club, NYC
Reception for "Champlain's Lake Rediscovered," an exhibition of contemporary artwork inspired by Lake Champlain, June 5, 2009 at Gramercy Park South, New York City.

Town of Champlain
Community Day, Saturday, August 8, 2009 program. Includes many events around the Town of Champlain including rededication of the Champlain monument at St. Mary's church.

Town of Champlain
Printout of Quadricentennial events in Town of Champlain starting in May 2009

Town of Champlain
Town of Champlain events.  Lake Champlain Quadricentennial Celebration, Town of Champlain Calendar of Events.  For the Town of Champlain, Village of Champlain, Village of Rouses Point.  full program of events from May 20 to August 8, 2009. Includes presentations, Point au Fer monument dedication, July 4 parade, community day, etc.

Vermont Catholic
Vermont Catholic, August 2009.

Vermont Catholic
Vermont Catholic, July 2009.  400th anniversary of Champlain's discovery.

Vermont Celebrates Champlain
Vermont Lake Champlain Quadricentennial Commissioners International Quadricentennial Ceremony.  Event on July 11, 2009 at the Hilton in Burlington, Vermont

walkway.org
Walkway over the Hudson

LCBP
Festival of Nations posters (2)

LCBP
NY Quadricentennial Schedule poster

Burlington City Arts
Program:  Order of Good Cheer, October 1, 2010.  "Champlain intended his Order of Good Cheer to be something more than merely a dining society. He believed that scurvy could be kept at bay…."   Dignitary Toasts to many people.

Rouses Point
Rouses Point Samuel de Champlain Center Stage, summer 2010, updated program.

Underground Railroad
The North Country Lantern. Summer 2010 – Winter 2011. The North Star Underground Railroad Museum Opens in May.

1908 Quebec City Celebration Stereoviews

A special hand-held viewer is needed to view these images so as to give the impression of 3D.
A sample from the collection

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Grant Funding
​This project was funded by the Lake Champlain Basin Program in association with the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership (NEIWPCC).