During these voyages , Champlain aided the Wendat ( aka ' Hurons ' ) in their battles against the Iroquois Confederacy .
By 1615 , he had travelled by canoe up the Ottawa River through Lake Nipissing and Georgian Bay to the centre of Huron country near Lake Simcoe .
During these voyages , Champlain aided the Huron ( aka ' Hurons ' ) in their battles against the Iroquois Confederacy .
By 1615 , he had travelled by canoe up the Ottawa River through Lake Nipissing and Georgian Bay to the centre of Huron country near Lake Simcoe .