Marquette and Joliet follow Lake Michigan to…

May 1673 CE

Marquette and Joliet follow Lake Michigan to the Bay of Green Bay and up the Fox River, nearly to its headwaters.

From here, they are told by the Miami they encounter to portage their canoes a distance of slightly less than two miles through marsh and oak plains to the Wisconsin River.

At this point the French will later build the trading town of Portage, named for its location.

Venturing forth from the portage, ...

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Portage Columbia Wisconsin United States View →

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Jacques Marquette View → Louis Jolliet View →

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Miami (Amerind tribe) View → Illinois confederacy, or Illiniwek View → New France (French Colony) View → Jesuits, or Order of the Society of Jesus View → France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of View →

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North American Fur Trade View → Colonization of the Americas, French View → Beaver Wars, or French and Iroquois Wars View →

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Fish and game View → Weapons View → Hides and feathers View → Land View →

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