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Heritage Plaques of The Ottawa Valley Champlain's Journey Of 1613
Plaque Location The County of Renfrew The Township of Whitewater Region In Cobden, in a park with a tall flagpole on the north side of Highway 17 behind the Visitor Center             Plaque Text The Father of New France, Samuel de Champlain, made the first of two voyages into what is now Ontario in 1603. He travelled up the Ottawa River seeking the northern sea (Hudson Bay) which one of his five companions, Nicolas de Vignau, claimed to have seen. The expedition struck inland above Lac des Chats and followed a chain of small lakes towards present-day Cobden. Here, on June 7 th, Champlain visited with the Algonkin chief Nibachis. Later the party met with the Algonkin elder Tessouat at Allumette Lake. Not wanting the French to travel into Nipissing territory, Tessouat convinced Champlain that Vignau had lied about having seen the northern sea. Champlain, his plans thwarted, returned downriver.                      Back            Heritage Plaques Main Page

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