Michael A. Stecker
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Old anchor in Honfleur, France

Honfleur
Honfleur, a small Normandy resort town in the Calvados Department in northwestern France, is located on the southern bank of the estuary of the Seine River, south of Le Havre.  It is especially known for its old harbor, characterized by slate-covered houses, painted many times by artists, viz, Gustave Courbet, Eugène Boudin, Claude Monet and Johan Jongkind, forming the école de Honfleur (Honfleur school) which contributed to the appearance of the Impressionist movement. The Sainte-Catherine church, which has a bell-tower separate from the principal building, is the largest church made out of wood in France.

It was from Honfleur in 1608 that Samuel de Champlain set sail to launch a campaign that ended in the founding of Quebec.
 

Honfleur Harbor
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Map of Normandy France, northwest of Paris