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'[[Image:Samuel de Champlain arrive à Québec - George Agnew Reid - 1909.jpg|thumb|250px|[[St. Lawrence Iroquoians]] welcome Samuel de Champlain, on board of ''Le Don de Dieu'', when arriving at Québec in 1608.]] Explorer [[Samuel de Champlain]] arrived on the ship '''''Don de Dieu''''',<ref name = "makers1" >{{Cite book | title = The Makers of Canada | volume = 11 | publisher = Morang & Co | year = 1910 | location = Toronto | page = 105 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=eE0JAQAAMAAJ&dq=quebec%20%22don%20de%20dieu%22&pg=PA105#v=onepage&q=quebec%20%22don%20de%20dieu%22&f=false | oclc= 4752267 }} </ref> or "Gift of God" to found [[Quebec]] in 1608. ''Don de Dieu'' is one of three ships that set sail from [[France]] under Captain Henry Couillard <ref name = "makers2" >{{Cite book | title = The Makers of Canada | volume = 11 | publisher = Morang & Co | year = 1910 | location = Toronto | page = 91 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=eE0JAQAAMAAJ&dq=quebec%20%22don%20de%20dieu%22&pg=PA91#v=onepage&q=quebec%20%22don%20de%20dieu%22&f=false | oclc= 4752267 }} </ref> in the spring of 1608 to [[Tadoussac]], from where the men, bringing the materials, reached on small boats what is now the [[Vieux-Québec]] (Canada), on July 3, 1608, date of the founding of [[Quebec City]].<ref>{{Cite book | last = Munro | first = William Bennett | authorlink = William B. Munro | title = The seigneurs of old Canada: a chronicle of New-World feudalism | publisher = Glasgow, Brook & Co. | year = 1915 | location = Toronto | pages = 9–10 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=HUMVAAAAYAAJ&dq=quebec%20%22don%20de%20dieu%22&pg=PA9#v=onepage&q=quebec%20%22don%20de%20dieu%22&f=false | oclc = 7181049}} </ref><ref>{{Cite book | last = Campbell | first = Thomas J | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Pioneer laymen of North America | publisher = America Press | year = 1915 | location = New York | pages = 112–113 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=RJ0NAQAAIAAJ&dq=quebec%20%22don%20de%20dieu%22&pg=PA112#v=onepage&q=quebec%20%22don%20de%20dieu%22&f=false | oclc = 682036}} </ref><ref> {{Cite book | last = Doughty | first = Arthur G | authorlink = Arthur Doughty | title = The cradle of New France; a story of the city founded by Champlain | publisher = Cambridge Corp | year = 1908 | location = Montreal | pages = 24–26 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=n6wOAAAAYAAJ&dq=quebec%20%22don%20de%20dieu%22&pg=PA24#v=onepage&q=%20%22don%20de%20dieu%22&f=false | oclc = 6976510 }} </ref> The ship is remembered in the [[motto]] of [[Quebec City]]: ''Don de Dieu feray valoir,'' "I shall put God's gift to good use." ==1633 voyage to Quebec== In 1633, [[Cardinal Richelieu]] appointed Champlain as his lieutenant, giving him the opportunity to return to Quebec. (Champlain had been removed from his position as [[Governor of Quebec]] the prior year and had dedicated himself to working on a new edition of his voyages.) In March 1633, Champlain set sail for Quebec with about 200 colonists in three ships, ''Don de Dieu'', ''St. Pierre'', and ''St. Jean''. He was received in Quebec with "loud acclamations."<ref>{{Cite book | last = Bryce | first = George | authorlink = George Bryce | title = A Short History of the Canadian people | publisher = S. Low | year = 1887 | location = London | pages = 148 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=QEUOAAAAYAAJ&dq=ship%20%22don%20de%20dieu%22&pg=PA148#v=onepage&q&f=false | oclc = 457178093}} </ref> ==Replica ship at 300th anniversary== {|{{Infobox ship begin}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = [[File:Drapeau de la ville de Québec.jpg|300px]] | Ship caption = ''Don de Dieu'' on the [[flag of Quebec City]], 2007 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = |Ship country=Canada |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Canada|1868}} | Ship name = ''Don de Dieu'' | Ship owner = | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Jean A. Chapdelaine, Sorel, Quebec | Ship original cost = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = 1907 | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship honours = | Ship captured = | Ship fate = | Ship status = | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = | Ship tons burthen = 3 tons | Ship length = {{convert|31|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = | Ship draught = | Ship draft = | Ship hold depth = | Ship propulsion = Steam <ref>{{Cite book | last = International Ship Masters' Association of the Great Lakes, Grand Secretary | title = A Directory of names, pennant numbers and addresses of all members of the International Ship Masters' Association of the Great Lakes | publisher = International Ship Masters' Association of the Great Lakes | date = April 1910 | location = S.l. | page = 232 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=8EgFG17F-aUC&dq=ship%20%22don%20de%20dieu%22&pg=RA1-PA41#v=onepage&q&f=false | oclc = 9626875 }} </ref> | Ship sail plan = | Ship complement = | Ship armament = | Ship notes = }} |} A pageant was held for the 300th anniversary, the Quebec Tercentenary in 1908. <blockquote> July 23. At 3 p.m. — Arrival of Champlain on his ship, ''Don de Dieu''. At 4 o'clock. — Presentation of the Civic Address of welcome to [[George V of the United Kingdom|H.R.H. The Prince of Wales]] with other official ceremonies commemorative of Champlain and of the founding of Quebec. Review of the Historical procession in front of the [[Samuel de Champlain#Memorials|Champlain Monument]]. Illumination of the combined fleets and of the surrounding country in the evening and great display of fireworks on the Heights of Levis opposite Quebec.<ref>{{Cite book | last = Hopkins | first = John Castell | title = The Canadian annual review of public affairs | publisher = Annual Review Pub. Co. | year = 1908 | location = Toronto | pages = 245–246 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=qAcz1bJhyhIC&dq=ship%20%22don%20de%20dieu%22&pg=PA246#v=onepage&q=ship%20%22don%20de%20dieu%22&f=false | oclc = 1771155}} </ref> </blockquote> ==External links== *[http://books.google.com/books?id=WcMnAAAAYAAJ&dq=ship%20%22don%20de%20dieu%22&pg=PT58#v=onepage&q=ship%20%22don%20de%20dieu%22&f=false Arrival of the ''Don de Dieu''], photograph and article from the ''Quebec Tercentenary Commemorative History'' *[http://books.google.com/books?id=Yyt6AAAAMAAJ&dq=quebec%20%22don%20de%20dieu%22&pg=PA54-IA1#v=onepage&q=quebec%20%22don%20de%20dieu%22&f=false Description of the ''Don de Dieu''], with drawing of the model at the Quebec Tercentenary ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Ship names]] [[Category:Ships of France]] [[Category:History of Quebec City]] [[Category:Water transport in Quebec]] [[Category:Samuel de Champlain]] [[Category:1600s ships]] [[Category:Age of Discovery ships]]'