Samuel de Champlain

1630 - 1930

In September, 1606, Samuel de Champlain landed at Rocky Neck in what is now Gloucester Harbor, to caulk his shallop, and made an accurate chart of the harbor which he called Le Beauport.

Marker is on Rocky Neck Avenue, on the left when traveling south.

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