![La Vérendrye](../../obj/h3/f1/c146611-v1.jpg) |
La Vérendrye
© Public Domain
Credit: National Archives of Canada/C-146611
Source: National Archives of Canada
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![Canadian militiaman on snowshoes](../../obj/h24/f1/nlc000882-v1.jpg) |
Canadian militiaman on snowshoes
© Public Domain
Histoire de l'Amérique septentrionale: divisée en quatre tomes; Claude-Charles Bacqueville de La Potherie. Paris: Jean-Luc Nion … et François Didot, 1722.
Source: National Library of Canada
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![French soldier in Canada, late 17th and early 18th century](../../obj/h3/f1/nlc003598-v1.jpg) |
French soldier in Canada, late 17th and early 18th century
© Canadian War Museum, CWM75026
Reproduced with the permission of the Canadian War Museum
Military Uniforms in Canada, 1665-1970; Jack L. Summers, René Chartrand; illustrated by R.J. Marrion. Ottawa: National Museums of Canada, 1981, p. 13.
Source: National Library of Canada
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![La Vérendrye, Lake of the Woods](../../obj/h3/f1/c006896-v1.jpg) |
La Vérendrye, Lake of the Woods
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Credit: National Archives of Canada/C-006896
Source: National Archives of Canada
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![Map drawn by Native guide Auchagah for La Vérendrye](../../obj/h24/f1/c016131-v1.jpg) |
Map drawn by Native guide Auchagah for La Vérendrye
© Public Domain
Credit: National Archives of Canada/C-016131
Source: France National Archives
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![Map drawn by Native guide Auchagah for La Vérendrye](../../obj/h24/f1/c016133-v1.jpg) |
Map drawn by Native guide Auchagah for La Vérendrye
© Public Domain
Credit: National Archives of Canada/C-016133
Source: France National Archives
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![Map showing Pierre de La Vérendyres' route to Lake of the Woods, 1731-1732](../../obj/h3/f1/nlc000856-v1.jpg) |
In 1732, the La Vérendyres set up two trading posts at Lake of the Woods
© National Library of Canada
Source: National Library of Canada
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![Map showing Pierre de La Verendyre's exploration of the Assiniboine and Missouri rivers in 1738](../../obj/h3/f1/nlc000857-v1.jpg) |
La Verendyre was so busy with the fur trade that he had little time to explore
© National Library of Canada
Source: National Library of Canada
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![Map showing Louis-Joseph de La Verendyre's exploration of the Assiniboine river, then southwest towards the Rockies and then back to the Missouri river, 1742-1743](../../obj/h3/f1/nlc000858-v1.jpg) |
It took years to learn about the complicated river and lake networks
© National Library of Canada
Source: National Library of Canada
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![The La Vérendrye brothers](../../obj/h3/f1/c073569-v1.jpg) |
The La Vérendrye brothers
© National Archives of Canada/C-073569
Source: National Archives of Canada
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