(1924), were cast a number of times and are to be found in the collections of several museums. He also executed a statue of Louis Jolliet (1928), one of the historical figures decorating the
settled at Quebec in 1730. He became one of the principal businessmen in the colony and the largest ship-owner in the port of Quebec; his marriage to Marie-Anne Jolliet de Mingan, the granddaughter of Louis
their difficulty. They followed the south shore of Lake Ontario, crossed the Niagara River, and went north as far as Tinaouataoua (near the present city of Hamilton). There they met Adrien Jolliet
, the dowager baroness of Longueuil and great-granddaughter of Louis Jolliet*. By this matrimonial alliance, Grant entered the great family of the
Jolliet who had come overland from Quebec under instructions from Frontenac to report on the English posts and to persuade the Indians to trade with the French. Bayly received the French party in
Delanglez, Louis Jolliet, vie et voyages (Montréal, 1950). L.-P. Desrosiers, Iroquoisie (Montréal, 1947). Archange Godbout, Les pionniers de la region trifluvienne (Trois
Jolliet, and Jacques de Lalande, who trafficked in pelts publicly and with impunity. The governor asked the minister to institute an inquiry to clear up this question. If he were found guilty, he
they held a lease on a post at Mingan, the value of the rent being deducted annually from debts owed them by the post’s owner, Charles Jolliet d’Anticosti. In 1737 they also began exploiting a post at
Gourdeau and Louis Jolliet* were appointed guardians.
After this episode Nicolas
Marquette* and Louis Jolliet*, René-Robert Cavelier* de La Salle
-Charles Taché*. On discovering that he was related to Louis Jolliet*, he had
come back, Talon entrusted Louis Jolliet with going to the mouth of this river in order to verify that it did
Jolliet* and Father Marquette* seven years before. From here they headed for Baie des Puants (Green Bay). While proceeding by canoe on Lac
e anniversaire de la découverte du Mississipi par Jolliet et le P. Marquette: soirée littéraire et musicale à l’université Laval le 17 juin 1873 (Québec
.
The next spring (1690) Frontenac asked Lahontan to carry offers of peace to the Iroquois, but the wily baron declined; the chevalier Pierre d’Aux (Eau), Sieur de Jolliet, was sent instead, and met the
of that of Chambly. Two years later he sold a share in the seigneury of Jolliet, probably acquired by marriage, to his wife’s relative Gabriel-Elzéar
memory of ancestors such as Louis Jolliet*, who journeyed as far as the Mississippi, and Pierre