Jean Nicolet

See also: Nicolet (homonymy)

Jean Nicolet , known as also Nicollet de Belleborne , born with Cherbourg in 1598 and deceased in the handle of Sillery the October 27th 1642, is a Explorateur French.

Having joined the News-France in 1618, with the service of the Company of the Merchants of Rouen and Saint-Malo. Jean Nicolet is charged by Samuel de Champlain, the year of his arrival, to go to the island to the Matches which is then the point of rallying of the big family algonquine. He starts to live with the Amerindian S of the area and is made appreciate them and learns their languages to become interpreter.

Nicolet explores the first the banks of the Lake Huron and the Lake Michigan in 1634. It left memories which were lost. He died drowned in the the St. Lawrence opposite Sillery, when its launch was turned over in a storm.

He is often regarded as the “father” (discoverer) of the Wisconsin and the Western Michigan to the the United States. He left his name to the town of Nicolet (Wisconsin) , with the Nicolet National Forest , schools as well as many streets. A statue recalls its memory to Green Bay (Wisconsin). The town of Nicolet to the Canada was also named in its honor.

Sources

  • Barthélemy Vimont, Relation from what occurred in New France (1640-5) , 1646
  • Gabriel Gravier, Découvertes and establishments of Cavelier of the Room of Rouen in North America , 1870

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