Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye | La Vérendrye's | La Verendrye Provincial Park |
His term saw a great expansion in the number of western forts with the leadership of people like La Vérendrye, and the linkage of Canadian and Louisiana colonies.
La Colle, a Monsoni chief who assisted La Vérendrye a great deal, made his main camp in the vicinity of the fort.
The La Vérendrye's built two forts named Fort Maurepas.
It is named after the French Canadian explorer La Vérendrye; and for its first two years, it was headquartered in the small town of Verendrye, North Dakota (northwest of Karlsruhe; now a ghost town).
After the La Vérendrye era and the Seven Years' War there was a steady increase in trade and commerce at the location.