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24-702: The Milieu River runs successively in the townships of Buade and Poutrincourt. Forestry is the main economic activity of this valley; recreational tourism activities, second. Forest Road R0212 (East-West) intersects the middle of the river. While the forest road R0223 serves the Valley of the Marquette River West , on the west side of Poutrincourt Lake . This last road connects to the Northeast at route 167 linking Chibougamau and Saint-Félicien, Quebec . The Canadian National Railway runs along this road. The surface of

48-576: A distance of slightly less than two miles through marsh and oak forest to the Wisconsin River . Europeans eventually built a trading post at that shortest convenient portage between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins. On June 17, the canoeists ventured onto the Mississippi River near present-day Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin . The Jolliet-Marquette expedition paddled along the west bank of

72-586: A fort and maintained soldiers. In 1693, he was appointed "Royal Hydrographer", and on April 30, 1697, he was granted a seigneury southwest of Quebec City which he named Jolliest. In 1694, he sailed from the Gulf of St. Lawrence north along the coast of Labrador as far north as Zoar , a voyage of five and a half months. He recorded details of the country, navigation, the Inuit and their customs. His journal ("Journal de Louis Jolliet allant à la decouverte de Labrador, 1694,")

96-516: A mission with the Kaskaskias in the land of Illinois, Father Marquette reluctantly relinquishes it because of illness. The toponym "Rivière Marquette Ouest" was formalized on March 28, 1972, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec . Download coordinates as: Louis Jolliet Louis Jolliet ( French pronunciation: [lwi ʒɔljɛ] ; September 21, 1645 – after May 1700)

120-467: A skilled harpsichordist and church organist. He received Holy Orders in 1662 but abandoned his plans to become a priest, leaving the seminary in 1667 to pursue fur trading instead. While Hernando de Soto was the first European to make official note of the Mississippi River by discovering its southern entrance in 1541, Jolliet and Marquette were the first to locate its upper reaches, and travel most of its length, about 130 years later. De Soto had named

144-633: A successful merchant, Geoffroy Guillot dit Lavalle, until he died in 1665. Shortly after the passing of his mother's second husband, she was married to Martin Prevost until she died in 1678. Jolliet's stepfather owned land on the Ile d'Orleans , an island in the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec that was home to First Nations . Jolliet spent much time on Ile d'Orleans, so he likely began speaking Indigenous languages of

168-649: Is crossed on the North by the current of the Milieu River and on the North by the current of the Normandin River . The toponym "Rivière du milieu" was formalized on March 28, 1972, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec . Download coordinates as: Marquette River West The Marquette West River is a tributary of the Marquette River , flowing into the unorganized territory of Lac-Ashuapmushuan, Quebec , in

192-477: Is most tangible in the Midwestern United States and Quebec, mostly through geographical names, including the cities of Joliet, Illinois ; Joliet, Montana ; and Joliette , Quebec (founded by one of Jolliet's descendants, Barthélemy Joliette ). The several variations in the spelling of the name "Jolliet" reflect spelling that occurred at times when illiteracy or poor literacy was common and spelling

216-572: Is the earliest known detailed survey of the Labrador coast from the Strait of Belle Isle to Zoar. In May 1700, Louis Jolliet left for Anticosti Island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence . He then disappears from the historical record. There is no listing of his death or burial place, and the sole record of his fate is the notation that a mass for his soul was said in Quebec on September 15, 1700. Jolliet's main legacy

240-764: The Illinois River , which friendly natives told them was a shorter route back to the Great Lakes. Following the Illinois river upstream, they then turned up its tributary the Des Plaines River near modern-day Joliet, Illinois . They then continued up the Des Plaines River and portaged their canoes and gear at the Chicago Portage . They then followed the Chicago River downstream until they reached Lake Michigan near

264-730: The Regional County Municipality (RCM) of Le Domaine-du-Roy , in the administrative region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean , in Quebec , in Canada . The Marquette West River flows successively into the townships of Huard, Buade, Poutrincourt and Cramahé. The course of this river is located west of the Ashuapmushuan Wildlife Reserve . Forestry is the main economic activity of this valley; recreational tourism activities, second. The forest road R0212 (East-West direction) intersects

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288-511: The Americas at a young age. Besides French , he also learned English and Spanish. During his childhood, Quebec was the center of the French fur trade . The Natives were part of daily life in Quebec, and Jolliet grew up knowing much about them. Jolliet entered a Jesuit school in Quebec as a child and focused on philosophical and religious studies, aiming for the priesthood. He also studied music, becoming

312-668: The East). The mouth of this head lake is located at: From the mouth of Frontenac Lake (Milieu River) , the Milieu River flows over 17.8 kilometres (11.1 mi) through marsh areas, according to the following segments: The confluence of the Milieu River with the Poutrincourt Lake is located at: The Milieu River flows to the bottom of a bay on the south shore of the eastern part of Poutrincourt Lake (length: 19.7 kilometres (12.2 mi); maximum width: 6.7 kilometres (4.2 mi); altitude: 392 metres (1,286 ft)). The Poutrincourt Lake

336-540: The Milieu River is usually frozen from early November to mid-May, however, safe ice circulation is generally from mid-November to mid-April. The Milieu River originates at the mouth of Frontenac Lake (Milieu River) (length: 6.6 kilometres (4.1 mi); width: 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi); altitude: 427 metres (1,401 ft)) located in Buade Township. This lake is mainly fed by the Maskoskanaw River (coming from

360-516: The Mississippi until mid-July. When they passed the mouth of the Arkansas River , they became satisfied that they had established that the Mississippi flowed into the Gulf of Mexico. By this point, they had encountered natives carrying European goods and worried about a possible hostile encounter with explorers or colonists from Spain. The voyageurs then followed the Mississippi back to the mouth of

384-469: The chief account of the journey. Jolliet married Claire-Françoise Byssot de la Valtrie. Like Jolliet, she was Canadian born, a daughter of Francois Byssot de la Riviere and his wife Marie Couillard. Claire Francoise was also a sister of Louise Byssot de la Valtrie, wife of Seraphin de Margane, Seigneur de la Valtrie. In 1680, Jolliet was granted the Island of Antwhere by Louis XIV as a reward, where he created

408-615: The following segments: Upper course of the Marquette West River (segment of 23.2 kilometres (14.4 mi)) Intermediate course of the Marquette West River (segment of 20.2 kilometres (12.6 mi)) Lower Marquette River West (segment of 11.3 kilometres (7.0 mi)) The confluence of the Marquette River West with the Marquette River is located at: This hydronym evokes the work of life of Jacques Marquette (Laon, France, 1637 - near Luddington, Michigan, 1675). He

432-516: The location of modern-day Chicago . Father Marquette stayed at the mission of St. Francis Xavier at the southern end of Green Bay, which they reached in August. Jolliet returned to Quebec to relate the news of their discoveries. On his way through the Lachine Rapids , Jolliet's canoe overturned and his records were lost. His brief narrative, written from memory, is in essential agreement with Marquette's,

456-419: The middle section of the Marquette River West. The route 167 linking Chibougamau to Saint-Félicien, Quebec passes on the north-east side of the Normandin River and on the Northeast of Ashuapmushuan Lake . The surface of the Marquette West River is usually frozen from early November to mid-May, however, safe ice movement is generally from mid-November to mid-April. The Marquette West River originates at

480-474: The mouth of Coursy Lake (length: 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi); width: 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi); altitude: 455 metres (1,493 ft)) which extends in the canton of Huard. This lake is mainly fed by the discharge (coming from the South-West) of Lake Livaie. The mouth of this head lake is located at: From the mouth of Lake Courcy, the Marquette West River flows over 54.7 kilometres (34.0 mi), according to

504-565: The river Rio del Espiritu Santo, but tribes along its length called it variations of "Mississippi", meaning "Great River" in the Algonquian languages . On May 17, 1673, Jolliet and Marquette departed from St. Ignace, Michigan , with two canoes and five other voyageurs of French-Indian ancestry. The group sailed to Green Bay . They then paddled upstream (southward) on the Fox River to the site now known as Portage, Wisconsin . There, they portaged

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528-599: Was a French-Canadian explorer known for his discoveries in North America. In 1673, Jolliet and Jacques Marquette , a Jesuit Catholic priest and missionary , were the first non-Natives to explore and map the Upper Mississippi River . Jolliet was born in 1645 in Beaupré , a French settlement near Quebec City , to Jean Jolliet and Marie D'Abancourt. When he was six years old, his father died; his mother married

552-603: Was a Jesuit missionary and explorer. He first studied Amerindian languages, then he devoted himself to various missions including the Outaouais; in 1671, he founded the mission of Saint-Ignace, among the Wendat (Hurons), on the north shore of Michilimakinac Strait . In 1672, he met Louis Jolliet with whom he would reach the Mississippi River . He will explore this river to the present border of Arkansas and Louisiana. Wanting to start

576-780: Was unstandardized. Jolliet's descendants live throughout eastern Canada and the United States. The Jolliet Squadron of cadets at the Royal Military College Saint-Jean in the Province of Quebec was named in Jolliet's honor. A street and subway station in Montreal, Quebec are named after him. The Louis Jolliet rose , developed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada , was named in his honor. Joliet Junior College in Joliet, Illinois,

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