By: Jessica Jones and Hailey Snyder

History About Louis Joliet

Louis Joliet was born in Quebec in New France.

When he was seven his father died and his mother remarried a successful merchant.

When he as he was seventeen he entered Roman Catholic Society of Jesus.

After three years, Jolliet left the Jesuits and began following in the footsteps of his older brother.

Explorer growing up

His brother was a successful trader and voyageur.

Louise Joliet was a fur trader.The things he traded were guns, knives, and

other items.After that he started to study to be in the

priesthood.But shortly dropped out of the priesthood at

twenty two.

FOOTSTEPS

Louis, would probably have been to be selected to lead the expedition to the Mississippi river.

Louis acclaim as an explorer was diminished somewhat when his records and maps were destroyed at the end of his trip.

Also, his canoe got wrecked with the other things.

Although a year later he produced a map from memory.

How he became a explorer

The day he died was a beautiful day in May, he died on the 22 the year of 1700

The island he died on was Anicosti.He really did die but no one found his body!

The End Of the road

Louis Joliet went with his family to be a fur trader.

Louis became a fur trader because he wanted to do what his family was doing.

Fun Facts

The End we hope you enjoyed it!! ;]