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La Vérendrye
© Public Domain
Credit: National Archives of Canada/C-146611
Source: National Archives of Canada

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

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

La Vérendrye, Lake of the Woods
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Credit: National Archives of Canada/C-006896
Source: National Archives of Canada

Map drawn by Native guide Auchagah for La Vérendrye
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Credit: National Archives of Canada/C-016131
Source: France National Archives

Map drawn by Native guide Auchagah for La Vérendrye
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Credit: National Archives of Canada/C-016133
Source: France National Archives

In 1732, the La Vérendyres set up two trading posts at Lake of the Woods
© National Library of Canada
Source: National Library of Canada

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

It took years to learn about the complicated river and lake networks
© National Library of Canada
Source: National Library of Canada

The La Vérendrye brothers
© National Archives of Canada/C-073569
Source: National Archives of Canada