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Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye (17 November 1685 – 5 December 1749) was a French Canadian military officer, fur trader, and explorer. In the 1730s, he and his four sons explored the area west of Lake Superior and established trading posts there.
Jan 7, 2008 · Article by C.E. Heidenreich. Updated by Celine Cooper. Published Online January 7, 2008. Last Edited August 15, 2019. Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye, military officer, farmer, fur trader, explorer (born at Trois-Rivières, Quebec 17 November 1685; died at Montreal 5 December 1749).
December 5, 1749, Montreal (aged 64) Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye (born November 17, 1685, Trois-Rivières, New France [now Canada]—died December 5, 1749, Montreal) was a French Canadian soldier, fur trader, and explorer whose exploits, little honoured during his lifetime, rank him as one of the greatest explorers of the ...
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During these two years in the northern posts of the Great Lakes Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye became certain that exploration of Lake Winnipeg and the “great Western river” would ultimately lead to the discovery of the Pacific Ocean.
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, seigneur de la Vérendrye (né le 17 novembre 1685 à Trois-Rivières, décédé le 5 décembre 1749 à Montréal) est un explorateur de la Nouvelle-France. Avec ses fils, il effectue de multiples expéditions dans le nord-ouest du continent américain .
Students. Scholars. (1685–1749). French Canadian soldier, fur trader, and explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur (lord) de La Vérendrye, though not honored during his lifetime, was one of the greatest explorers of the Canadian West. In addition, the string of trading posts he and his sons built in the course of their search for an ...
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The Explorations of Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye Overview. The period prior to the exploration of the Canadian West by Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye and his sons was full of turmoil between England and France. Often at war with one another, the competition to settle North America under their own flags became ...
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