Posted on Nov 17, 2017
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye - Wikipedia
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Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye (November 17, 1685 – December 5, 1749) was a French Canadian military officer, fur trader and explorer. In the 1730s he and his four sons opened up the area west of Lake Superior and thus began the process that added Western Canada to the original New France in the Saint Lawrence basin. He was also the first known European to reach North Dakota and the upper Missouri River. In the 1740s two of his sons crossed the prairie as far as Wyoming and were the first Europeans to see the Rocky Mountains north of New Mexico.
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye (November 17, 1685 – December 5, 1749) was a French Canadian military officer, fur trader and explorer. In the 1730s he and his four sons opened up the area west of Lake Superior and thus began the process that added Western Canada to the original New France in the Saint Lawrence basin. He was also the first known European to reach North Dakota and the upper Missouri River. In the 1740s two of his sons crossed the prairie as far as Wyoming and were the first Europeans to see the Rocky Mountains north of New Mexico.
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Les Grands Explorateurs de la Nouvelle-France (1534-1739)
Liste des explorateurs de la Nouvelle-France: Jacques Cartier 1534-1542 Samuel de Champlain 1604-1616 Étienne Brûlé 1615-1621 Jean Nicollet 1634 Jean de Quen...
Thanks for letting us know Maj Marty Hogan that November 17 is the anniversary of the birth of French Canadian military officer, fur trader and explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye.
Rest in peace Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye!
Here is a video which depicts the routes of each of the French explorers or New France which includes eastern Canada and the Northeast USA today.
Les Grands Explorateurs de la Nouvelle-France (1534-1739)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25BkbmjypNI
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. Capt Seid Waddell Capt Tom Brown SFC William Farrell SSgt Robert Marx Maj Marty Hogan PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SPC Margaret Higgins MSgt Jason McClish AN Christopher Crayne LTC Bill Koski SPC Tom DeSmet SGT Charles H. Hawes LTC Wayne Brandon SGT (Join to see) SGT Michael Thorin [
Rest in peace Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye!
Here is a video which depicts the routes of each of the French explorers or New France which includes eastern Canada and the Northeast USA today.
Les Grands Explorateurs de la Nouvelle-France (1534-1739)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25BkbmjypNI
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. Capt Seid Waddell Capt Tom Brown SFC William Farrell SSgt Robert Marx Maj Marty Hogan PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SPC Margaret Higgins MSgt Jason McClish AN Christopher Crayne LTC Bill Koski SPC Tom DeSmet SGT Charles H. Hawes LTC Wayne Brandon SGT (Join to see) SGT Michael Thorin [
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Maj Marty Hogan: I don't know French; but that is just an Amazing piece of art work!
And very moving, considering that some of us are/were/will be Soldiers. And, Good Morning to you, Marty. THANKS FOR HONORING ME SO GREATLY! -Margaret
And very moving, considering that some of us are/were/will be Soldiers. And, Good Morning to you, Marty. THANKS FOR HONORING ME SO GREATLY! -Margaret
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