Amherst in Erie County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Rene-Robert Cavelier Sieur De La Salle
Photographed by Bradley Owen, April 18, 2025
1. Rene-Robert Cavelier Sieur De La Salle Marker
Rene-Robert Cavelier
Sieur De La Salle
who opened the gateway
to the west in 1679
Erected 1935.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Exploration. A significant historical year for this entry is 1679.
Location. 43° 2.563′ N, 78° 49.521′ W. Marker is in Amherst, New York, in Erie County. It is on Tonawanda Creek Road just west of Niagara Falls Boulevard (U.S. 62), on the right when traveling south. Marker is located at the entrance to White Chapel Memorial Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 90 Tonawanda Creek Road, Buffalo NY 14228, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, and in the Buffalo Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, on the Great Lakes, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); A Dam on Tonawanda Creek (approx. Ύ mile away); A Tribute To "Marse" Joe McCarthy (approx. 1.9 miles away); This Site in North Tonawanda was in the Right Place at the Right Time (approx. 1.9 miles away); Sweeney Cemetery (approx. 2.4 miles away); North Tonawanda (approx. 2.4 miles away); Dedicated to the Memory of Those Who Made the Greatest Sacrifice (approx. 2.4 miles away); Proud Tribute is Here Paid (approx. 2.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Amherst.
Regarding Rene-Robert Cavelier Sieur De La Salle. La Salle was a 17th-century French explorer and fur trader in North America who 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 April 9, 1682, he claimed the Mississippi River basin for France. In December 1678,
Photographed by Bradley Owen, April 18, 2025
2. Rene-Robert Cavelier Sieur De La Salle Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on April 19, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 19, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 163 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 19, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.
