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Des Groseilliers, a coureur des bois ("runner of the woods"), worked with the Jesuit missionaries among the Hurons near Lake Huron in the 1640s. From 1654 to 1656 he explored what is now northern Ontario, and was one of the first to reach Lake Superior. The natives told him of the vast fur-trading areas to the north and west of the lake, around Hudson Bay. In 1659, with fellow coureur de bois Pierre-Esprit Radisson (whose sister des Groseilliers had married), returned to the area and brought back thousands of furs. The officials in New France, however, who were opposed to the independent spirit of the coureurs de bois, confiscated their furs and arrested them for trading without a license. A coureur de bois was an individual who engaged in the fur trade without permission from the French authorities. ... The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ... For other uses, see Missionary (disambiguation). ... The Wyandot, or Wendat, is an indigenous people of North America, originally from what is now Southern Ontario, Quebec, Canada and Southeast Michigan. ... Ipperwash Beach, Lake Huron. ... Events and Trends The personal union of the crowns of Spain and Portugal ends due to a revolution in the latter (1640). ... Events April 5 - Signing of the Treaty of Westminster, ending the First Anglo-Dutch War. ... // Events Mehmed Köprülü becomes Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English (de facto) Government - Lieutenant-Governor David C. Onley - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area... For the the Quebec municipality, see Lac-Supérieur. ... First Nations is a Canadian term of ethnicity which refers to the aboriginal peoples located in what is now Canada, and their descendants who are neither Inuit nor Métis. ... Hudson Bay, Canada. ... // Events May 25 - Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth. ... Pierre-Esprit Radisson Pierre-Esprit Radisson (1636 – 1710) was a French-born explorer and fur trader. ... Capital Quebec Language(s) French Religion Roman Catholicism Government Monarchy King See List of French monarchs Governor See list of Governors Legislature Sovereign Council of New France Historical era Ancien Régime in France  - Royal Control 1655  - Articles of Capitulation of Quebec 1759  - Articles of Capitulation of Montreal 1760  - Treaty...

In 1669 they joined the English and led them, in the ship Nonsuch, into Hudson Bay from the north, bypassing the land route from New France. After this successful expedition, the English founded the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670. // Events Samuel Pepys stopped writing his diary. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Hudsons Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie dHudson in French) is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and is one of the oldest in the world. ... Year 1670 (MDCLXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ...

Both Radisson and des Groseilliers were considered traitors by the French, but unlike Radisson, des Groseilliers was eventually allowed to return to New France. He helped lead raids against his former English allies, destroying many of their new trading posts along Hudson Bay. He died in New France in 1696.

External links

• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online