Olivier Morel de La Durantaye

Oliver Morel de La Durantaye (17 February 1640 – 28 September 1716[1]) was an Officer of New France. Born in Notre Dame du Gaure, Nantes, France, he served as commandant of Fort Michilimackinac, in what is now Michigan, from 1683 to 1690.[1] In 1684 he traveled to Fort St. Louis to assist Henri de Tonty against the Iroquois, and it is thought that during this journey he constructed a temporary fort that Tonty visited in the winter of 1685/1686, and later referred to as the Fort of Chicagou.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Weilbrenner, Bernard (2000). "Morel de La Durantaye, Olivier". Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. University of Toronto/Université Laval. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
  2. ↑ Andreas, Alfred Theodore (1884). History of Chicago. Chicago: A.T. Andreas. p. 65.