Other:.Excerpts available in a video compilation: Legend & Language. Study guide available.

Director, Robert Doucet ; animation, Robert Doucet ; producer, Eunice Macaulay ; script, Eunice Macaulay ; executive producer, Douglas MacDonald ; camera, Jacques Avoine ; sound editing, Bernard Bordeleau ; re-recording, Jean-Pierre Joutel ; music, Alex Pauk.

Narrator, Vlasta Vrana.

Recorded 1987.

Based on the journals of Samuel de Champlain, film animator Robert Doucet used coloured-pencil drawings to create this tribute to the explorer's vision. The narrative flashbacks focus on Champlain's dream of finding a western route to China. He abandoned this dream in 1615 when, upon reaching Lake Huron, he discovered not the fabled western sea, but fresh water beyond which lay yet more wilderness. But his dreams of a land continued, as he dedicated his life to developing a prosperous colony.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

First Prize - Category: Animation produced for Educational Purposes - with a cash prize of 200$US, 1989

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).