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In 1659 the coureur de bois Pierre Radisson and his brother-in-law, Médard Chouart Des Groseilliers, left Montréal on an illicit voyage of trade and exploration north of Lake Superior. Here they conceived the idea of tapping this fur-rich region from…

The French River formed a vital link in the historic canoe route via the Ottawa and Mattawa Rivers and Lake Nipissing, which connected the settlements on the St. Lawrence with the upper Great Lakes and the far West. Most of the famous Canadian…

These treacherous falls were the scene of many hundreds of portages by missionaries going to and from the missions established in Huronia in 1615. The Recollet Fathers were the first to use the French River, the most direct waterway to the west.…