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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 · 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).
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Verendrye, French Canadian soldier, fur trader, and explorer whose exploits, little honored during his lifetime, rank him as one of the greatest explorers of the Canadian West. He built many trading posts while searching for an overland route to the ‘western sea.’.
By 1726 Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye was the head of a family of four boys and two girls. He then turned away from his hitherto sedentary life to join the fur trading venture formed by his brother Jacques-René, commandant of the Poste du Nord in the Lake Superior region.
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.
Jan 7, 2008 · Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye, officier militaire, agriculteur, commerçant de fourrures et explorateur (né le 17 novembre 1685 à Trois-Rivières, au Québec; décédé le 5 décembre 1749 à Montréal).
On June 8, 1731, the expedition team of La Vérendrye, his cousin Christophe Dufrost, sieur de La Jemeraye, La Vérendrye's sons, Jean-Baptiste, Pierre, and François, and a crew of 50 men embarked for the west by canoe.
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