A bronze medal 77 mm in diameter showing Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635) stepping ashore from a small boat, holding aloft a sword in his right hand and a hat in his left. Immediately before him lie two pots on rocky, infertile ground. On either side are a crown and a dolphin, and monograms of Henri IV and Edward VII. The medal bears the inscription, ‘CENTENAIRE . DE . LA . FONDATION . DE . QUEBEC’ and ‘STADACONE’ below. On the reverse are two allegorical female figures seated beneath a maple tree: France to the left leaning upon a pedestal with fleur-de-lys, and the United Kingdom resting upon a shield bearing the Royal Standard. The medal was designed by Henri Dubois and made by Monnaie of Paris.