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Father Jean Claude Allouez on Lake Superior, 1665-1667
Father Allouez's Journey to Lake Superior, 1665-1667
Allouez's account of his first visit to Wisconsin, during which he sailed the southern shore of Lake Superior and established a camp on Chequamegon Bay, near modern Bayfield. During his two-year mission on Lake Superior he also traveled to Lake Michigan where he visited the Potawotamie and Ho-Chunk at Green Bay.
| Related Topics: |
Explorers, Traders, and Settlers Arrival of the First Europeans |
| Creator: | Allouez, Jean Claude, 1620-1690? |
| Pub Data: | From: Kellogg, Louise P. (editor). Early Narratives of the Northwest, 1634-1699. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917): 95-137. |
| Citation: | Allouez, Jean Claude. "Father Allouez's Journey to Lake Superior, 1665-1667" in Kellogg, Louise P. (editor). Early Narratives of the Northwest, 1634-1699. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917); Online facsimile at: http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-047/; Visited on: 5/6/2024 |
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