Labels:hakham | sky | stairway OCR: Statuary Pierre Gaultier de Varennes Sieur de La Verendrye Pierre Gaultier de Varennes Sieur de La Verendrye French military officer, farmer, and fur-trader born in Trois Rivieres, Quebec was the first non Aboriginal to reach the junction of the Red and Assiniboine rivers He constructed Fort Rouge in the Red River area, after which district of Winnipeg was named His journey overland from Quebec in 1738 led to further explorations and settlement in such areas as Fort La Reine Fort Dauphin, and Fort Maurepas
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