Champlain

American  

[sham-pleyn, shahn-plan] / ʃæmˈpleɪn, ʃɑ̃ˈplɛ̃ /

noun

1. Samuel de 1567–1635, French explorer in the Americas: founder of Quebec; first colonial governor 1633–35.

2. Lake, a lake between New York and Vermont. 125 miles (200 km) long; about 600 sq. mi. (1,550 sq. km).

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Champlain ¹ British  

/ ʃæmˈpleɪn /

noun

1. a lake in the northeastern US, between the Green Mountains and the Adirondack Mountains: linked by the Champlain Canal to the Hudson River and by the Richelieu River to the St Lawrence; a major communications route in colonial times

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Champlain ² British  

/ ʃæmˈpleɪn, ʃɑ̃plɛ̃ /

noun

1. Samuel de (samyɛl də). ?1567–1635, French explorer; founder of Quebec (1608) and governor of New France (1633–35)

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Example Sentences

Federal investigators concluded the 2021 Champlain Towers South collapse began three weeks prior with a structural failure at garage column connections.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

My writer’s group had rented a lake house in Vermont this past June on an island in the middle of Lake Champlain, where shorebirds and ducklings paddled past.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2024

Lake Champlain Chocolates in Vermont has begun hiring retirees like Jacques Demers for seasonal positions.Credit...

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2023

A judge last June approved a settlement topping $1 billion for victims of the Champlain Towers South collapse, one of the worst building failures in U.S. history.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2023

At length, we reached our proposed camp near Lake Champlain, not without some slight mishaps not worth recording.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson