Superior Lake


Area 31,800 square miles. Discovered by Etienne Brule,

in 1622. In the next quarter century the devoted Jesuit Fathers

penetrated to the shores of the lake. Jogues and Raymbault preached the

Faith at the outlet of the lake in 1641; Menard attempted a mission on

the south shore in 1661; and a few years later Allouez explored most of

the same side. Radisson and Chouart penetrated to the western end of the

lake and beyond in 1661; and Du Lhut covered much the same ground in

1678-1681. From that time, the shores of the lake became familiar ground

to missionaries, explorers, and fur traders. =Bib.=: Kohl, Wanderings

round Lake Superior; Agassiz, Lake Superior; Butterfield, History of

Brule's Discoveries.



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