René Bréhant de Galinée
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Born | c. 1645
Rennes, France
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Died | (1678-08-16)August 16, 1678 |
Nationality | French |
Alma mater | Sorbonne |
René Bréhant de Galinée was a member of the Society of Saint-Sulpice (Sulpician Order) at Montreal and an explorer and missionary to the Native Americans. In 1670, he and François Dollier de Casson were the first Europeans to make a recorded transit of the Detroit River. His map of the trip demonstrated that the Great Lakes were all connected.
The Galien RiverinMichigan is named for him.
École secondaire Père-René-de-Galinée French Catholic secondary school in Cambridge, Ontario is named after him.
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