What was the best thing that Samuel De Champlain did?

Samuel was a French navigator and he was born in Brouage, Saintonge. Champlain spent time during 1601-1603 on voyages as far as the West Indies. Samuel Champlain had some interest and curiOSity about Acadia (the area of Newfoundland and around the St. Lawrence), where he wished to find mines and a more effective route into the interior.