The point at which the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers join to form the Ohio River (La Belle Riviere to the French) has been known as the Forks of the Ohio, an area recognized for its strategic importance by early British and French agents. ... installations sprang up at Presque Isle, Marchault (Venango) and Le Boeuf.
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to close w;th a part Of his river , the Sr. ate of: Ohio. ... l.e" hel ci the pos!_; then occupied if Ohio had' been i' the time a 1RepubIican bds 'Vermont ...
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It received its English name from the Iroquois word, "O-Y-O," meaning "the great river". One of the first Europeans to see the Ohio River was Frenchman Rene Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle in 1669. He named the river "la belle riviere" or "the beautiful river."
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"The historic forts built at Massac, and the scenic location on the Ohio River in southern Illinois, are among the reasons the site was selected to be Illinois' first state park," said Sam Flood, acting director of the Illinois Department of ... The French name for what is now the Ohio River was Le Belle Riviere.
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Wednesday January 2 George Washington, returning from a long and dangerous trip to the French Fort Le Boeuf, ... "...to inform me about the deputation from the Governor of Virginia, as well as for the care you took to send me the letter which he wrote to you. His claims on the Belle Riviere are sheer imagination,
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The Wreck of the Erie Belle, Told in Story and Picture ... Ohio River Images: Cincinnati to Louisville in the Packet Boat Era ... Original Manifest: Comeaux-Le Blanc Packet Co., 1902...
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From this point, it turned southward and swept with a regular course through the Maumee and Miami Valleys to the Ohio River. ... When the surveys were begun, the Governor of Canada entered vigorous protests, and indicated his displeasure by a prompt line of posts from Erie to Pittsburgh, named respectively, Presque Isle, Le Boeuf,
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Oakwood - Le Vesinet (Ile-de-France) ... Rivers: La Chapelle Creek, Huron River, ... 1749: Jesuit Fathers Potier and Joseph de Bonnecamp came from Quebec to evangelize the Huron Indians living along the Vermilion and Sandusky Rivers in Northern Ohio. 1749 : CARTE D'UN VOYAGE FAIT DANS LA BELLE RIVIERE EN LA NOUVELLE FRANCE ;
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(2) L1669 B Adrien Joliet makes first authenticated exploration of Lake Erie, runs into LaSalle who described La Belle Riviere.  LaSalle=s papers do not mention his travels on the Ohio but Joliet=s claims he did explore the river and a map of 1674 depicts it and claim LaSalle discovered it.
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In 1753, a large body of French from Canada moved to the southwest, and erected Forts Presque Isle, Le Boeuf, and Venango. In April of that year, M. Jon- (page 34) caire was sent, with a small detachment of regulars and a number of friendly Senecas, to visit the Indians on the Ohio and its branches.
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