Louis Hennepin, OFM (born Antoine Hennepin; French pronunciation: [lwi ɛnpɛ̃]; 12 May 1626 – 5 December 1704) was a Belgian Catholic priest and missionary...
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Island. Officially, it is the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge, in honor of the 17th-century explorer Louis Hennepin, who was the first European to see the...
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most populous city. The county is named for the 17th-century explorer Louis Hennepin. It extends from Minneapolis to the suburbs and outlying cities in the...
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street in Minneapolis, Minnesota Hennepin County, Minnesota Hennepin Township, Putnam County, Illinois Father Louis Hennepin (1626–1706), Belgian/French explorer...
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Eastman tunnel (redirect from Hennepin Island tunnel)
The Eastman tunnel, also called the Hennepin Island tunnel, was a 2,000-foot-long (600 m) underground passage in Saint Anthony, Minnesota (now Minneapolis)...
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Father Hennepin State Park is a state park of Minnesota, USA, located on the southeast corner of Mille Lacs Lake. The park is named after Father Louis Hennepin...
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Saint Anthony Falls (category Landforms of Hennepin County, Minnesota)
upstream. The falls were renamed from their Dakota title in 1680 by Father Louis Hennepin after his patron saint, St. Anthony of Padua. The towns of St. Anthony...
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Mille Lacs Lake, the spiritual homeland of the Ojibwe people. Father Louis Hennepin traveled the river in his first exploration of the region. The area...
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description of the falls is credited to Belgian missionary, Father Louis Hennepin in 1677, after traveling with the explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur...
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County. Hennepin is part of the Ottawa Micropolitan Statistical Area. The Village of Hennepin was named for the explorer, Father Louis Hennepin, O. F....
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Duluth heard of the capture of a Catholic priest by the name of "Louis Henpin" (Louis Hennepin) who had been captured by other "Nadouecioux" (Sioux), among...
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In Minnesota, county commissions usually have five members, but St. Louis, Hennepin, and Ramsey counties have seven-member boards. Each commissioner represents...
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where Carter, Garvin and Murray counties intersect. Hennepin County was named for Father Louis Hennepin, a member of Lasalle's Louisiana Expedition. "ArcGIS...
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sailing vessel on the Great Lakes up to that time. La Salle and Father Louis Hennepin set out on Le Griffon's maiden voyage on 7 August 1679 with a crew of...
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Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) is a Level I adult and pediatric trauma center and safety net hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the county seat...
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who, along with René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle and Father Louis Hennepin, explored the Mississippi River in 1679. Aco became La Salle's lieutenant...
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Lacs Lake. Explorers such as Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut, Father Louis Hennepin, Jonathan Carver, Henry Schoolcraft, and Joseph Nicollet mapped the...
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River, Hennepin Avenue follows stretches of an old Indian trail from Saint Anthony Falls to Bde Maka Ska. It was named after Father Louis Hennepin, a Roman...
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Hennepin County Library is a public library system serving Hennepin County, Minnesota, US. The current iteration of Hennepin County Library was formed...
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Minneapolis (redirect from Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Minneapolis is a city in and the county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. With a population of 429,954, it is the state's most populous...
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Canada, replacing John Fullartine. Louis Hennepin, Récollet missionary, explorer (born 1626) "The Reign of Louis XIV (1643-1715): An Overview | University...
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19th/20th Central Asia Matthew Alexander Henson American 20th Arctic Louis Hennepin Belgian-French 17th North American interior Pedro de Heredia Spanish...
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six protected Wild and Scenic rivers in Minnesota. The early explorer Louis Hennepin is credited with being the first European to lay eyes upon the Rum....
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Champlin, Minnesota (category Cities in Hennepin County, Minnesota)
The Champlin area was first settled when Father Louis Hennepin, a Franciscan priest from whom Hennepin County gets its name, Michael Accult, and Peter...
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until 1780, when displaced Senecas were relocated from Fort Niagara. Louis Hennepin and Sieur de La Salle explored the upper Niagara and Ontario regions...
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Fort Crevecoeur (section Fort St. Louis du Pimiteoui)
Gospel preached by the Récollets, Gabriel Ribourde, Zenobius Membre, and Louis Hennepin. They finished the fort in early March, naming it "Fort Broken Heart"...
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waterfall Europeans recorded seeing in the Americas. In the late 1600s, Louis Hennepin visited North America, providing early descriptions of Niagara Falls...
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Cayuga Creek in the same year. He was accompanied by Belgian priest Louis Hennepin, who was the first known European to see the falls. The influx of newcomers...
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Mississippi River after the Hennepin Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis. The bridge connects St. Louis, Missouri to East St. Louis, Illinois. The Eads Bridge...
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Years' War. Michael Baius (1513–1589), theologian of the Baianism. Louis Hennepin (1626–1704), Franciscan Recollet order missionary and US explorer. Juliana...
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