John Robert Nicholson Pither Born in Montreal, J. R. N. Pither came to the country in a birch bark canoe joining the Hudson's Bay Company in 1846. While in charge of Fort Frances between 1853 and 1864, he lived on a point of land where the . . . — — Map (db m309994) HM
[English] Jacques de Noyon was the first white man to explore this region. Born in Trois-Rivieres. Noyon worked in the fur trade as a coureur de bois. In 1688 he led an expedition beyond Lake Superior into territory . . . — — Map (db m261686) HM
Born in Montreal, Pither joined the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1846. While in charge at Ft. Frances, 1853-56 and 1858-64, he lived in this vicinity (now Pither’s Point). On his retirement from the company in 1869, he served as Indian Agent at Fort . . . — — Map (db m203422) HM
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, Sieur de La Vérendrye, was born at Trois Rivières and saw military service in North America and Europe before entering the fur trade. While stationed at Lake Nipigon in 1727 he heard stories of the “Western Sea” which . . . — — Map (db m203413) HM
[English] The first post on Rainy Lake was Fort Tekamanigan, built by Robutel de La Noue in 1717, but soon abandoned, probably because of the Sioux hostility. In 1731 the Sieur de la Jemeraye, La Vérendrye's nephew . . . — — Map (db m261700) HM
