Louis-Armand de Lom d'Arce, baron de La…
1689 CE
Louis-Armand de Lom d'Arce, baron de La Hontan, had arrived in New France in 1683 as a marine lieutenant, participated in an unsuccessful campaign against the Iroquois on Lake Ontario in 1684, and in 1687 commanded Fort-Saint-Joseph (now Niles, Michigan).
He explores territory along the Wisconsin and the Mississippi rivers in 1688–1689.