Belleville in Wayne County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Rene Robert Cavelier Sieur De La Salle
Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, February 27, 2024
1. Rene Robert Cavelier Sieur De La Salle Marker
In the spring of 1630 La Salle traversed this area on the Huron River during his trek to the east.
Erected 1985 by Park E. and Edna Mae Gregory.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Exploration • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1630.
Location. 42° 12.286′ N, 83° 29.102′ W. Marker is in Belleville, Michigan, in Wayne County. It is at the intersection of South Street and West Columbia Avenue, on the right when traveling north on South Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 45 West Columbia Ave, Belleville MI 48111, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Michigan and in Greater Detroit. It is also in the American Midwest and on the Great Lakes. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France and also the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Old Van Buren Township Hall (approx. 0.4 miles away); French Landing Dam and Powerhouse (approx. 2.4 miles away); Old Rawsonville Village (approx. 3.1 miles away); Merrill-Morris House (approx. 4.1 miles away); Morris Homestead (approx. 4.2 miles away); Willow Run (1941-1953) / Willow Run (1953-Present) (approx. 4½ miles away); Sheldon's Corners (approx. 4.8 miles away); Romulus Memorial Cemetery Veterans Memorial (approx. 4.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Belleville.
Also see . . . Rene Robert Cavelier Sieur De La Salle. Excerpt:
Renι-Robert Cavelier, Sieur(Submitted on February 28, 2024, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan.)de La Salle (November 22, 1643 March 19, 1687), was a 17th-century French explorer and fur trader in North America. He explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, and the Mississippi River. He is best known for an early 1682 expedition in which he canoed the lower Mississippi River from the mouth of the Illinois River to the Gulf of Mexico; there, on 9 April 1682, he claimed the Mississippi River basin for France after giving it the name La Louisiane. One source states that "he acquired for France the most fertile half of the North American continent". A later ill-fated expedition to the Gulf coast of Mexico (today the U.S. state of Texas) gave the United States a claim to Texas in the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803. La Salle was assassinated in 1687 during that expedition.
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Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, February 27, 2024
2. Rene Robert Cavelier Sieur De La Salle Marker
Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, February 27, 2024
3. Rene Robert Cavelier Sieur De La Salle Statue
Photographed by Charles Andrι Waltner, 1882
4. Rene Robert Cavelier Sieur De La Salle
Sulte - Histoires des Canadiens-franηais, 1608-1880, tome II, 1882 (page 3)
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Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, February 27, 2024
5. Location of the marker
Credits. This page was last revised on April 19, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 28, 2024, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. This page has been viewed 385 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on February 28, 2024, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
