Early Great Lakes Map
Posted by admin on August 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Early map of the Great Lakes, printed in Bordeaux, France in 1795. Early French and British explorers of Canada would go on to create the voyageur’s route, with fur trading an important part of the economic development of both Mattawa and Temagami, Ontario.
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