Watch our extended interview with Champlain Monument Working Group members Pastor Greg Huth and Penelope Clute on the one aspect of the monument that the sculptor portrayed quite accurately.
They also talk about Champlain’s extraordinary accomplishments as an explorer and cartographer:
Another Champlain statue has also stirred debate and controversy over the portrayal of indigenous people. It’s located in Canada, in the city of Orillia about 100-miles north of Toronto in Ontario.