Father Claude Dablon

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Jesuit missionary. He went to Canada, and accompanied Chaumonot to the Onondaga Iroquois, and Druillettes to Hudson Bay. Later he labored with Marquette at Lake Superior. Dablon was the first to announce the existence of Lake Superior copper deposits, and to suggest the feasibility of uniting Lake Michigan to the Mississippi by canal.

Born

• 1618 in Dieppe, France

Died

• 1697 in Quebec, Canada

MLA Citation

• “Father Claude Dablon”. People of the Faith. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 March 2012. Web. 19 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/father-claude-dablon/>