Pierre Gaultier De Varennes Et De La Vrendrye
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vrendrye
(born
November 17
,
1685
- died
December 5
,
1749
) was a
French
-
Canadian
military officer,
fur trader
and
explorer
. Born in
Trois-Rivires, Quebec
he was part of the
Ancien Rgime
whose family of
aristocrats
came from the
Anjou
area of France. In
1728
he was appointed commandant of the French posts on the north shore of
Lake Superior
. Between
1731
and
1737
he built several trading posts between Lake Superior and
Lake Winnipeg
; in
1738
he travelled southwest to the area of the
Missouri River
in what is now
North Dakota
. He was responsible for opening a large area of the west to French traders. He died in
Montreal, Quebec
in 1749.
Verendrye Electric Cooperative
, a public utility in
North Dakota
, is named after him.
See also
French colonization of the Americas
History of North Dakota
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