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Medard des Groseilliers



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__**Works Cited**__: “Medard Chouart des Groseilliers.” //Exploration: The Fur Trade and Hudson’s Bay Company.// Canadiana.org, 2002. Web. 21 May. 2012. .



[] > Persuaded First Nations to bring furs down the waterways that drain into the Hudson Bay > Route later used by Hudson's Bay Company
 * Born in France --> New France for work
 * New France = Quebec
 * Brother-in-law of Pierre Esprit Radisson
 * Became a coureur de bois - went to search for furs
 * First accomplishment was expedition through wilderness that ended atr the Great Lakes
 * Established trading partnership with Huron
 * 1659, with Pierre, planned a way to get fur from the north easier - proposed a route through Hudson Strait and then South into Hudson Bay
 * Returned to Quebec with over 100 canoes of furs
 * Medard was put to jail b/c he does not have a license - illegal trading

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 * Opened Lakes Michigan and Superior fur trades and Jesuit missionaries
 * Joined forces with English, met Pierre and helped found the Hudson's Bay Company
 * Medard sailed from London to the mouth of the Rupert R in a ship called //Nonsuch//
 * Returned the following year -> this return marked that it was possible to sail to Hudson Bay for fur trade
 * Successful return led to founding of Hudson's Bay Company
 * Retired after more troubles he could not overcome