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Related Historical Markers
Markers for Le Griffon, Father Louis Hennepin, Scajaquada Creek at Black Rock, and another marker about Lake Erie vessels.
By Dale K. Benington, June 10, 2012
La Salle Built the Griffon Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| | Hereabout in May, 1679
Robert Cavelier de La Salle
Built the Griffon, "of sixty
tons burthen," the first vessel
to sail the Upper Lakes.
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Erected by Niagara Frontier Historical Society . . . — — Map (db m57137) HM |
| | This park is named after Father Louis Hennepin, a Belgian missionary who accompanied the French explorer Sieur de La Salle to this area in 1678. Hennepin, a Recollect priest, was not the first European to see Niagara Falls, but his colorful written . . . — — Map (db m82132) HM |
| | Five vessels of Commodore Perry's fleet were reconditioned on south bank at mouth of Scajaquada Creek. — — Map (db m44552) HM |
| | Ships and Sunsets. If you could have stood on this spot for 300 years, you would have seen a parade of vessels carrying Native Americans, explorers, trappers, fishermen, traders, shippers, and sailors traveling and transporting people and goods on . . . — — Map (db m82603) HM |
Apr. 26, 2024
