Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye was a military officer, fur trader, and explorer. In the 1730s, he and his four sons explored the area west of Lake Superior and established trading posts there. They were part of a process that added Western Canada to the original New France territory that was centred along the Saint Lawrence basin.
- Occupation
- explorer, fur trader
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- November 17, 1685
- Died
- December 5, 1749
