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Jacques de Noyon

Exh Franco Jacques De Noyon
Credit: Edward Roper, 1878, Library and Archives Canada/Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, R9266/C-150595 Portage Below Kakkabikka (Kakabeka) Falls on the Kaministaquoiah (Kaministiquia) River

Explorer, fur trader and soldier, Jacques de Noyon explored the Kaministiquia route to the Lake of the Woods in 1688, and was probably the first European to have travelled through this area. The report that he made after returning to Montreal was of great value to later explorers.

  • Visit the plaque – At Rainy Lake Lookout, Noden Causeway, about 6.5 km south of Fort Frances.

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