René Gaultier de Varennes is best known in Canadian history as being one of the early governors of Trois-Rivières, Quebec and the father of Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, a famous explorer and fur trader. Part of the Ancien Régime, the Gaultier family of aristocrats came from the Anjou area of France.
- Occupation
- colonial administrator
- Position held
- Q100235120
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- February 14, 1635
- Died
- June 4, 1689
