French Exploration, 17th, 18th Centuries
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For a century and a half the Great Lakes region and Mississippi River system, and all Native peoples who flourished there, were the focus of French explorers and missionaries. The English on James Bay set limits to the north, and their trading posts on the upper Hudson River set limits to the south. More![](../../../images/icon-popup-01.gif)