Louis Joliet was born in Labrador, Baaupre
He was born in Labrador, Baaupre in 1645. The month and the day in the date is unknown.
Louis Jolliet is born
Jolliet went to a catholic school when he was 17. He left his future plans of becoming a priest when he was 23 in 1667.
On May 18, 1673, Jolliet and Father Marquette and five other men in large canoes sailed down the Mississippi River from St. Ignace.
Jolliet travelled first from Lake Michigan to Green Bay and then to Fox River, WI. After, he sailed from the Wisconsin River to the Mississippi River.
He faced challenges such as the space in the canoes. Also, the pace that they were going was fairly slow.
Jolliet was looking for beaver pelts and other goods/items that the french would buy. He also wanted to explore the Mississippi. New France or Canada as we know it today, sponsored Jolliet-Marquette voyage. On his journey, Jolliet found Natives, furs, and new land.
Jolliet got married in 1680 to Claire Bissot in the island of Anticosti.
Jolliet sailed North along the coast of Labrador as far north as Zoar The voyage took five and a half months to do. Again New France sponsored him.
He set out to Anticosti and died
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