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Audio Transcript of Louis Jolliet 1694
Audio Transcript: In the spring of 1694, Louis Jolliet undertook a sponsored voyage of exploration, mapmaking, fishing and trading in the Labrador area. The expedition was funded by the merchant François Viennay-Pachot. Eighteen men left Quebec on April 28 aboard an armed vessel. They sailed past Mingan, through the Strait of Belle Isle, past the Baie des Esquimaux (Eskimo Bay) and up as far as the fifty-sixth parallel.
Source: Voiceovers by Kyle Rawn, Christian Wyss and LeeAnn McLellan, Algonquin College, Ottawa. Assistance provided by Don Crockford, Coordinator, Broadcasting Radio and Media Design Sector, Algonquin College.
