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Médard Chouart des Groseilliers (born 1618) was a French explorer and fur trader in Canada. He is often paired with his brother-in-law Pierre-Esprit Radisson , who was about 20 years younger. The pair worked together in fur trading and exploration.
CCGS Des Groseilliers [note 1] is a Pierre Radisson-class icebreaker in the Canadian Coast Guard.The vessel is named after Médard Chouart des Groseilliers (1618–1669) a close associate of Pierre-Esprit Radisson in explorations west of the Great Lakes and the founding of the British Hudson's Bay Company.
The British on Hudson Bay heard reports of coureurs des bois west of Lake Superior, but they left no records in the French archives. Morton [ 5 ] thinks they may have gotten as far as Lake Winnipeg. In 1716 a memoir drawn up by Governor Vaudreuil showed lakes and portages as far as Lake of the Woods, from which flowed a river to the " Sea of ...
Their family did not accept George's identity, as evidenced by his obituary and his mother's obituary; he was deadnamed and referred to as a daughter in both. [15] [16] Lori and George Schappell died at University of Pennsylvania Hospital on April 7, 2024, at the age of 62. [17] [6] [18] The cause of death was not publicly disclosed.
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Chris, 16, returned home just after 9 p.m. and discovered the bodies. Melissa died the following day. She was 53. Roger passed away five weeks later at age 48.
On 29 September 1668, Nonsuch, under the command of Zachariah Gillam and guided by Médard des Groseilliers, anchored at the mouth of the Rupert River. In 1668, Rupert House or Charles Fort at Waskaganish on the south bank of Rupert River, was established as the first trading post, two years before the Hudson's Bay Company was formed. In ...
Taylor Domengeaux gifted his mother an adult footprint ornament as a way to lighten the mood after his grandfather's death