TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Footnote anchors are denoted by [number], and the three footnotes have been placed at the end of the book. All chapter headings were printed twice; the first instance of each one has been removed to improve readability. The tables in this book are best viewed using a monospace font. Some minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book. [Illustration: The Rodin Bust “La France”] The Champlain Tercentenary Final Report of the New York Lake Champlain Tercentenary Commission Prepared by HENRY WAYLAND HILL, LL.D., _Secretary of the Commission_ [Illustration] ALBANY J. B. LYON COMPANY, STATE PRINTERS 1913 Final Report of the Lake Champlain Tercentenary Commission State of New York ALBANY, N. Y., April 10, 1913. _To the Honorable the Legislature of the State of New York_: Pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided, we, the undersigned Commissioners, submit herewith the final report of the LAKE CHAMPLAIN TERCENTENARY COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Very respectfully, H. WALLACE KNAPP, _Chairman_, HENRY W. HILL, _Secretary_, WALTER C. WITHERBEE, _Treasurer_, JOHN H. BOOTH, LOUIS C. LAFONTAINE, JAMES J. FRAWLEY, JAMES A. FOLEY, JAMES SHEA, JOHN B. RILEY, HOWLAND PELL, WILLIAM R. WEAVER, _Commissioners_. CONTENTS PART ONE: MEMORIALS TO SAMUEL CHAMPLAIN Page I. Construction of Memorials 1 II. The Allegorical Bust “La France” and the personnel and mission of the French delegation 11 III. Social functions and hospitalities extended to the French Visitors in New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Boston and elsewhere 23 IV. Banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, May 1, 1912, and the presentation of Rodin bust, “La France” 29 V. French Delegation entertained by the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York 57