Louis Jolliet was a French-Canadian explorer known for his discoveries in North America. In 1673, Jolliet and Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit Catholic priest and missionary, were the first non-Natives to
Alfred Laliberté's Louis Jolliet sculpture in front of Parliament Building (Quebec)
Plaque commemorating Jolliet in Chicago.
Monument commemorating Jolliet in Quebec City.
Jacques Marquette, sometimes known as Père Marquette or James Marquette, was a French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement, Sault Sainte Marie, and later founded Saint Ig
Louis Jolliet
…pronunciation: ; September 21, 1645 – after May 1700) was a French-Canadian explorer known for his discoveries in North America. In 1673, Jolliet and Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit Catholic priest and missionary, were the first non-Natives to explore and map the Upper Mississippi River. Jolliet was born in 1645 in Beaupré…
1869 portrait of Marquette
Pere Marquette and the Indians [at the Mississippi River], oil painting (1869) by Wilhelm Lamprecht (1838–1906), at Marquette University
Grave of Jacques Marquette in Saint Ignace, Michigan