medal
- Museum number
- 2009,4044.7
- Description
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Struck bronze medal; in presentation box. (whole)
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Samuel Champlain standing to front, wearing a short cloak, stepping onto land from a small boat, lifts up a sword in his right hand, and holds a hat in his left hand, two pots on the rocky ground where sparse vegetation grows; a crown, a dolphin and a banderole on either side of the image. (obverse)
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France to left and the United Kingdom to right as two women in drapery seated under a maple tree, banderoles entwined in its branches; France resting one elbow on a plinth with fleur-de-lys, England resting her left forearm on a shield with the Royal Standard and gesturing upwards with her right hand to a cartouche above. (reverse)
- Production date
- 1908
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 77 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- A card accompanying the medal has the following printed text, signed by George Garneau: "Presented by / The National Battlefields Commission / in commemoration / of the / Tercentenary of the Founding of / Quebec by Champlain / Quebec, / Canada
Geo. Garneau.
CHAIRMAN".
In 1608 Champlain sailed from France in command of the Don-de-Dieu, with two other ships. They arrived at Tadoussac on the St Lawrence in June of 1608 and the journey continued continued by small boat to the site of Stadacona, an Iroquois village previopiusly visited by Jacques Cartier, later abandoned. Champlain founded Quebec City in the same year.
For another version of this medal, see 1910,0502.1.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Commemoration of: 300th anniversary of founding of Quebec (1908)
- Acquisition date
- 2009
- Department
- Coins and Medals
- Registration number
- 2009,4044.7
