Galinee Rene De Brehant De


A member of a noble family of Brittany;

came to Canada in 1668. With his fellow-Sulpician, Dollier de Casson

(q.v.), carried out an important exploration in 1669-1670, from

Montreal up the St. Lawrence, and around the south shore of Lake Ontario

to Burlington Bay; thence to the Grand River, which they descended to

Lake Erie, where they wintered. In March, 1670, they continued their

journey along the north shore, passed
through Lake St. Clair, and

coasting the south side of Manitoulin Island, reached Sault Ste. Marie,

where they found Marquette and Dablon. They returned to Montreal by way

of Lake Nipissing and the Ottawa. Galinee's narrative of the journey was

sent home to the king. He himself returned to France in 1671. =Index=:

(Bishop Laval era) With Dollier, plants the cross on shores of Lake Erie, 11; arrives

from France as missionary, 105; on Lake Erie, 108; La Salle accompanies

him to Niagara, 148. =Bib.=: Exploration of the Great Lakes,

1669-1670: Galinee's Narrative and Map, ed. by James H. Coyne (Ont.

Hist. Soc., 1903).



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