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La Vérendrye
La Vérendrye, La Verendrye or Verendrye may refer to: People *Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye (1685–1749), French Canadian military officer, fur trader and explorer, often called simply "La Vérendrye". His sons were: **Jean Baptiste de La Vérendrye (1713–1736), explorer **Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye (1714–1755), explorer and fur trader ** François de La Vérendrye (1715–1794), explorer and trader **Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye (1717–1761), explorer and fur trader *** Verendrye brothers' journey to the Rocky Mountains, 1742–43 Places *La Verendrye (electoral district), in Manitoba, Canada *La Verendrye Provincial Park, in Ontario, Canada *La Vérendrye Trail, in Manitoba, Canada *La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve, in Quebec, Canada * Parc de la Vérendrye (Le Domaine) Water Aerodrome, in Quebec, Canada *Verendrye, North Dakota Verendrye was a historic unincorporated community in McHenry County, North Dakota, United States, located ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Gaultier De Varennes, Sieur De La Vérendrye
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. They were part of a process that added Western Canada to the original New France territory that was centred along the Saint Lawrence basin. He was the first known European to reach present-day North Dakota and the upper Missouri River in the United States. In the 1740s, two of his sons crossed the prairie as far as present-day Wyoming, United States and were the first Europeans to see the Rocky Mountains north of New Mexico. Early life Born in Trois-Rivières, New France, Pierre was the eldest son of René Gaultier de Varennes, who came to Canada as a soldier in 1665, and Marie, the daughter of Pierre Boucher, the first Governor of Trois-Rivières. The Gaultier family were minor nobility or landowners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Baptiste De La Vérendrye
Jean-Baptiste Gaultier de la Vérendrye (September 3, 1713 – June 6, 1736) was the eldest son of Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye and Marie-Anne Dandonneau Du Sablé. He was born on Île Dupas near Sorel, New France Jean Baptiste, with three brothers, Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye, François de La Vérendrye, and Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye, served in the expedition his father led west in 1731. When they arrived at Fort Kaministiquia some of the ''engagés'' (indentured employees), exhausted by the long journey by canoe from Montreal and discouraged by the difficult portages facing them, refused to go on. His father's second in command, Christopher Dufrost de La Jemeraye and Jean Baptiste led a smaller advance party west to Rainy Lake and established a fort they named Fort St. Pierre (after the parish church where Jean Baptiste was baptised). The following year Jean Baptiste was instrumental in founding Fort St. Charles on Lake of the Woods and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Gaultier De La Vérendrye
Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye de Boumois (December 1, 1714 – September 13, 1755) was the second son of Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye. An explorer and fur trader who served many years under the command of his father, he was born on Île aux Vaches, (Isle of Cows) near Sorel, Quebec, Sorel, New France. The young Pierre spent two years in the colonial regular troops as a cadet, doing garrison duty in Montreal. In 1731, when his father planned an expedition to expand the fur trade westward and at the same time search for a water route to the Western Sea, he accompanied his father and brothers Jean Baptiste de La Vérendrye, Jean Baptiste, François de La Vérendrye, François, and Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye, Louis-Joseph as a member of the expedition. He spent the winter at Fort Kaministiquia while his older brother Jean Baptiste and his cousin and the second in command, Christopher Dufrost de La Jemeraye, carried on to Rainy Lake and establi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François De La Vérendrye
François de La Vérendrye (1715 – July 31, 1794) was a Canadian explorer. He was the third son of Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye. He was born at Sorel, New France in 1715 and was active in his father's trade activities from Fort Kaministiquia to the North Saskatchewan River. In 1738 he was part of his father's expedition to Mandan country in what is now North Dakota. In 1739 he accompanied his brother, Louis-Joseph, and together they discovered the Saskatchewan River. In 1742–43, he and his brother traveled southwest through Mandan territory, probably reaching Wyoming and viewing the Rocky Mountains. They were the first Europeans to cross the northern Great Plains and reach the mountains. (See Verendrye Brothers' journey to the Rocky Mountains for details of the expedition.) Francois then returned east and served in the army during the Seven Years' War. He died on July 31, 1794, in Montreal. He was one of two brothers to use the title "Chevalier" the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis-Joseph Gaultier De La Vérendrye
Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye (November 9, 1717 – November 15, 1761) was a French Canadian fur trader and explorer. He, his three brothers, and his father Pierre La Vérendrye pushed trade and exploration west from the Great Lakes. He, his brother, and two colleagues are thought to be the first Europeans to have crossed the northern Great Plains and seen the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming. Louis-Joseph Verendrye was born in Quebec. He joined the family business in 1735, leaving Montreal with his father and travelling west to Fort St. Charles on Lake of the Woods. He assisted in re-establishing Fort Maurepas in 1736 and building Fort La Reine in 1738. From Ft. La Reine, he and his father travelled to visit the Mandan Native Americans along the Missouri River in North Dakota later that same year. In 1739 and 1740, he went north from Fort La Reine and explored Lake Winnipeg, Lake Manitoba, Lake Winnipegosis and the Saskatchewan River as far as the area of the present day The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verendrye Brothers' Journey To The Rocky Mountains
The Vérendrye brothers were the first Europeans to cross the northern Great Plains and see the Rocky Mountains, during an expedition in 1742–1743. What little is known about their journey comes from a journal found in the French archives in 1851 and an inscribed lead plate commemorating the journey which was found buried near Pierre, South Dakota in 1913. Both the journal and plate are difficult to interpret. The journal states the trip may have been made by the "Chevalier Vérendrye and one of his brothers", who are otherwise unidentified. Most likely the Chevalier was Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye and the brother was François de La Vérendrye, but this remains uncertain. The mountains they saw during the expedition may have been the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming, but could also have been the Black Hills or the Laramie Mountains. Background The French founded Quebec City in 1608 and soon built a fur trade empire throughout the Saint Lawrence River basin. From ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Verendrye (electoral District)
La Verendrye is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1879, and has existed since that time. La Verendrye is located southeastern region of Manitoba. It is bordered to the west by Dawson Trail (electoral district), Dawson Trail, Emerson (Manitoba riding), Emerson, Steinbach (Manitoba riding), Steinbach, and St. Paul (Manitoba riding), St. Paul, to the north by Lac Du Bonnet (Manitoba riding), Lac Du Bonnet, and to the east by the province of Ontario. Communities in the riding include Falcon Lake, Manitoba, Falcon Lake, Gardenton, Manitoba, Gardenton, Grunthal, Manitoba, Grunthal, Hadashville, Manitoba, Hadashville, Piney, Manitoba, Piney, Pointe du Bois, Manitoba, Pointe du Bois, Sprague, Manitoba, Sprague, Stuartburn, Manitoba, Stuartburn, Sundown, Manitoba, Sundown, Vita, Manitoba, Vita, and West Hawk Lake, Manitoba, West Hawk Lake. The Whiteshell Provincial Park and Sandilands Provincial Forest are also in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Verendrye Provincial Park
La Verendrye Provincial Park is a waterway provincial park located in Ontario, Canada, on the border with the U.S. state of Minnesota. The park stretches from Quetico Provincial Park through Saganaga Lake, up the Pine River, across the Height of Land Portage, then down the Pigeon River to Pigeon River Provincial Park on Lake Superior. The park is named after Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, an early explorer of Canada. The park is a "non-operating" park, meaning no fees are charged and no staff is present with only few services offered. As part of the international boundary, the portages, lakes, and waterways along the border are open to the citizens of both nations. La Verendrye Provincial Park is part of the historic voyageur fur trade route from Lake Superior to Winnipeg, and features several scenic diabase-capped mesas, as well as several rare plant species. See also *List of Ontario Parks *Voyageurs National Park *Boundary Waters *Boundary Waters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Vérendrye Trail
The La Vérendrye Trail (french: Le chemin La Vérendrye) is a series of highways in the Canadian province of Manitoba commemorating the oldest waterway fur-trading route in the province. It is named after Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, an explorer and fur-trader who is often credited as being the first European to visit what is now southern Manitoba. Route description The La Vérendrye Trail generally follows the Red and Winnipeg River systems used by early fur-traders to travel through eastern Manitoba. The vehicular route begins at Provincial Trunk Highway (PTH) 101 (Winnipeg's Perimeter Highway) and comprises the following roads: * Provincial Road 204 – PTH 101 (Perimeter Highway) to Provincial Road 212 * Provincial Road 212 – Provincial Road 204 to Provincial Road 508 * Provincial Road 508 – entire route * PTH 59 – Provincial Road 508 to PTH 11 * PTH 11 – PTH 59 to Provincial Road 307 * Provincial Road 307 – entire route * PTH 44 – Provinci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve
La Vérendrye wildlife reserve is one of the largest reserves in the province of Quebec, Canada, covering of contiguous land and lake area (Assinica wildlife reserve is the largest in the province, but its territory is broken up in four non-contiguous parts). It is named after Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, a French-Canadian explorer. Located north of Ottawa (Canada’s capital), it is traversed from south to north by Route 117. With more than 4000 lakes and rivers and two huge reservoirs ( Cabonga and Dozois), the wilderness territory is a venue of choice for outdoor enthusiasts. In addition to hunting and fishing, it also offers the opportunity to practice wilderness camping or canoe camping on more than of interconnecting canoe routes. Two First Nation communities are found within the boundaries of the wildlife reserve: Kitcisakik on Great Victoria Lake and Lac-Rapide on Cabonga Reservoir. History The reserve was established in 1939 with the name R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parc De La Vérendrye (Le Domaine) Water Aerodrome
Parc de la Vérendrye (Le Domaine) Water Aerodrome, formerly , was located on Lac Jean-Péré, Quebec, Canada. It was open from June until October. References Defunct seaplane bases in Quebec {{Quebec-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verendrye, North Dakota
Verendrye was a historic unincorporated community in McHenry County, North Dakota, United States, located approximately eight miles northwest of Karlsruhe and 13 miles northeast of Velva within Falsen Township. Although classified by the USGS as a populated place, it is considered a ghost town. History The community was first known as Falsen, founded in 1912 by Norwegian settlers, who named it for Norwegian statesman Christian Magnus Falsen. Falsen was also the name of the station on the Great Northern Railway. The post office was established with the name Falsen in 1913, but the name was changed in 1925 to honor Pierre de la Verendrye, an early French-Canadian explorer who was said to be the first non-Native American person to tour the North Dakota prairies. The population of Falsen in 1920 was 75. The population of Verendrye in 1938 was 100, but when the railroad switched to diesel locomotives, it no longer needed to make regular stops at Verendrye for water and coal. This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
