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Jul 16, 2024 · The Canadian fur trader Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur (lord) de La Vérendrye, was one of the first explorers of the North Dakota area. He visited a cluster of earthen-lodge villages near present-day Bismarck in 1738.
3 days ago · The first known explorers to enter Wyoming were the French Canadian brothers François and Louis-Joseph, sons of Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de la Vérendrye. The brothers visited the northeastern corner of the state in 1743 while unsuccessfully searching for a route to the Pacific Ocean.
Jun 29, 2024 · In the winter of 1749-50 it was rebuilt by Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye after it had been burnt by the Indians. By 1793 nothing was visible but the clearing. On the opposite side of the river at Otter Point the North West Company had a storehouse.
Jul 13, 2024 · Boul. De La Vérendrye starts at Boul. Airlie and 75th Ave. in LaSalle and ends on St. Patrick street some 6.4KM.Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, known as La Vére...
Jul 16, 2024 · Then Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye turned the flanks of the Fox and Sioux by proceeding by way of Lake Superior and the Rainy River to the Lake of the Woods and the Red and Saskatchewan river country. There he found a new region for the French fur trade and also cut into the English trade in the area of Hudson Bay ...
4 days ago · Fort Frances was the first European settlement west of Lake Superior and was established by French Canadian Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, first commander of the western district.
2 days ago · In the south, in 1732; in what is now northwestern Ontario, Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, met with an assembled group of 200 Cree warriors near present-day Fort Frances, as well as with the Monsoni, (a branch of the Ojibwe).
