In 1604, the first French settlement in North America was established on a small island in the St. Croix River between modern-day Maine and New Brunswick. Champlain's Island tells the story of that island, from the hardships of that first disastrous habitation to the beginning of the 20th century. Champlain's Island, written by WILLIAM FRANCIS GANONG, one of Canada's greatest natural scientists, includes a comprehensive study of the island's geography, geology, and natural history. To describe the 17th-century settlements, Ganong presents accounts by Samuel de Champlain, Marc Lescarbot, and others in both French and English, and he illustrates the descriptions with Champlain's own drawings and maps. Finally, Ganong documents a century of wrangling over the relation of the international boundary to St. Croix Island. WILLIAM FRANCIS GANONG (1864-1941) was born in Saint John, New Brunswick. A professor of botany at Smith College, he was a pioneer in New Brunswick natural history and topography, and his works on place names and on the cartography of northeastern North America are still authoritative. Champlain's Island, first published by the Royal Society of Canada in 1902, was enlarged for publication by the New Brunswick Museum in 1945 and reprinted in 1979. Now, the museum has republished this definitive study of St. Croix Island, complete with a new introduction and index, to mark the 400th anniversary of Champlain's achievement.