The Lordship of Champlain was granted in 1664, on the north side of the St. Lawrence River between Trois-Rivières and Quebec City, under the feudal system of New France.
Today, the territory of the former manor of Champlain is located in the administrative region of Mauricie in Quebec, Canada.
[citation needed] Subsequently, the first lord, Étienne Pézard de la Touche, adopted the place name of Champlain to describe his lordship.
[citation needed] In 1535, during his second voyage of discovery on the St. Lawrence River, Cartier passed the site of the future town of Champlain.
On August 16, 1643, Jacques Aubuchon of Trois-Rivières was granted permission to settle on land of the future Lordship of Champlain.
[citation needed] The Marsolet and Hertel land grants, of April 5, 1644, were located in the area of the upper Champlain, in the western part of the municipality.
[1] The first increase in the territory of the lordship seems to have been granted before 1721 by the Jesuits, to Étienne Pézard de la Tousche according to Jean Bouffard.
During this assignment, Pézard gave assistance to Pierre Boucher in the drafting of the document "Histoire véritable et, naturelle…" (real history and natural ...) (Paris, 1664).
He married Madeleine Mullois de La Borde on June 20, 1664, at Notre Dame Church in Montreal; they had five children.
[4] Following this setback, Mézy granted Pézard a manor on the north shore of St. Lawrence river on August 8, 1664.
He immediately began construction of a mansion near the mouth of the Champlain River, on the edge of a rock and a church in 1665.
Through his contacts with the authorities of Trois-Rivières, as well as efforts among captains, established families, soldiers and immigrants, Pézard attracted pioneers, and the first families come from Trois-Rivières, such as those of Antoine Desrosiers, François Chorel and Pierre Dandonneau, among 22 land grants in 1665.
In addition, according to historian Jean Hamelin,[citation needed] documents written in November 1696 refer to the widow Mary Magdalene Mullois, who died in 1704.
• 1797: sale of the manor of Champlain by Joseph Drapeau to buy half of the Isle of Orleans.