Groseilliers

French adventurers, Radisson and Groseilliers, reaching out from the St. Lawrence to the wide north-west, came into contact with Indian tribes who told about the great bay to the north and the vast riches of the region in furs and skins.

Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police R.G. MacBeth

Radisson and Groseilliers wandered among the tribes and brought the first canoe loads of furs to Canada from the far West.

Old Fort Snelling 1819-1858 Marcus L. Hansen

Groseilliers and Radisson interest Prince Rupert in possibilities of trade in North-Western Canada.

Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education Ontario. Ministry of Education

But the zeal of Radisson and Groseilliers was unquenchable.

Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police R.G. MacBeth

The Englishman generally loves a sporting chance for exploration and discovery, and so Prince Rupert, more or less a soldier of fortune who had lent his name and his sword to almost anything that offered a possibility of adventure or substance, took up the matter of the fur trade and was instrumental in sending out vessels with Radisson and Groseilliers to prospect on the shores of Hudson Bay.

Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police R.G. MacBeth

The English people couldn't pronounce Radisson and Groseilliers, so they called them Radishes and Gooseberry.

To the Top of the World With the Eastern Arctic Patrol 1936

Groseilliers went through the Strait down to the southern end of Hudson Bay to what is now James Bay and there built a palisaded fort and named it after King Charles.

To the Top of the World With the Eastern Arctic Patrol 1936

Yet, it is interesting to note that two Frenchmen had much to do with the organization of the Hudson's Bay Company - Radisson and Sieur de Groseilliers.

To the Top of the World With the Eastern Arctic Patrol 1936

In 1658-9 the explorers Radisson and Groseilliers, on their own invitation, spent the winter among them on Green Bay.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

In 1654-55, the explorers Radisson and Groseilliers also stopped at the same town, which, as later, the Mascoutens occupied jointly with the Miami.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913