Louis Hennepin, OFM (born Antoine Hennepin; French pronunciation:[lwiɛnpɛ̃]; 12 May 1626 – 5 December 1704) was a Belgian Catholic priest and missionary best known for his activities in North America. A member of the Recollects, a minor branch of the Franciscans, he travelled to New France and proselytised to several Native American tribes.
LouisHennepin, OFM (born Antoine Hennepin; French pronunciation: [lwi ɛnpɛ̃]; 12 May 1626 – 5 December 1704) was a Belgian Catholic priest and missionary...
Island. Officially, it is the Father LouisHennepin Bridge, in honor of the 17th-century explorer LouisHennepin, who was the first European to see the...
street in Minneapolis, Minnesota Hennepin County, Minnesota Hennepin Township, Putnam County, Illinois Father LouisHennepin (1626–1706), Belgian/French explorer...
Father Hennepin State Park is a state park of Minnesota, USA, located on the southeast corner of Mille Lacs Lake. The park is named after Father Louis Hennepin...
description of the falls is credited to Belgian missionary, Father LouisHennepin in 1677, after traveling with the explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur...
Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) is a Level I adult and pediatric trauma center and safety net hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the county seat...
Hennepin County Library is a public library system serving Hennepin County, Minnesota, US. The current iteration of Hennepin County Library was formed...
River, Hennepin Avenue follows stretches of an old Indian trail from Saint Anthony Falls to Bde Maka Ska. It was named after Father LouisHennepin, a Roman...
six protected Wild and Scenic rivers in Minnesota. The early explorer LouisHennepin is credited with being the first European to lay eyes upon the Rum....
who, along with René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle and Father LouisHennepin, explored the Mississippi River in 1679. Aco became La Salle's lieutenant...
sailing vessel on the Great Lakes up to that time. La Salle and Father LouisHennepin set out on Le Griffon's maiden voyage on 7 August 1679 with a crew of...
Lacs Lake. Explorers such as Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut, Father LouisHennepin, Jonathan Carver, Henry Schoolcraft, and Joseph Nicollet mapped the...
Canada, replacing John Fullartine. LouisHennepin, Récollet missionary, explorer (born 1626) "The Reign of Louis XIV (1643-1715): An Overview | University...
upstream. The falls were renamed from their Dakota title in 1680 by Father LouisHennepin after his patron saint, St. Anthony of Padua. The towns of St. Anthony...
officially the City of Minneapolis, is a city in and the county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. With a population of 429,954, it is the...
few times, and in 1898,[clarification needed] she was later Hennepin, after LouisHennepin, an explorer of the Great Lakes. The ship caught fire on June...
waterfall Europeans recorded seeing in the Americas. In the late 1600s, LouisHennepin visited North America, providing early descriptions of Niagara Falls...
recorded white visitors include the Groselliers and Radisson, Father LouisHennepin, Baron de Lahontan, and others. Lewis and Clark noted the pipestone...
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Huron, and Lake Michigan. They were accompanied by Belgian missionary LouisHennepin and French missionary Zenobius Membre. Chartier assisted in the construction...
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