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Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye (17 November 1685 – 5 December 1749) was a French Canadian military officer, fur trader, and explorer. [1] In the 1730s, he and his four sons explored the area west of Lake Superior and established trading posts there.
La Vérendrye wildlife reserve is one of the largest reserves in the province of Quebec, Canada, covering 12,589 square kilometres (4,861 sq mi) [1] of contiguous land and lake area (Assinica wildlife reserve is the largest in the province, but its territory is broken up in four non-contiguous parts).
The La Hotte Biosphere Reserve was designated by UNESCO in 2016. The reserve covers an area of 435,193.5 ha (terrestrial and marine), with a core area of 117,119 ha (terrestrial 52,781.5 ha, marine 64,337.5 ha), a buffer zone of 185,027.5 ha (terrestrial 130,074.5 ha, marine: 54,953 ha), and a transition area of 133,047 ha (terrestrial 82,423 ha, marine: 50,624 ha).
Lapointe (French pronunciation:; or La Pointe) is a commune in the Port-de-Paix Arrondissement, in the Nord-Ouest department of Haiti. [2] [3] Once a communal section, a presidential decree on 22 July 2015 made it a commune. [4]
Vieille Montagne factory in Angleur. Vieille Montagne (French pronunciation: [vjɛj mɔ̃taɲ]) was a zinc mine in Kelmis (La Calamine), a town in Belgium between Liège and Aachen. The mine's name is French for "old mountain" or "old mine", and this is also reflected in its German name, Altenberg (earlier, Alten Galmei-Berg). [1]
The capital, Port-au-Prince, is only 22 kilometers north from the park. [2] The northern boundary of La Visite National Park is the east-west running escarpment of the Massif de la Selle. Forest on the plateau of Morne d'Enfer in La Visite National Park [1] La Visite boundaries on a topographic map of Haiti [1] Detailed topographic map of La ...
La Chapelle (French pronunciation: [la ʃapɛl] ⓘ; Haitian Creole: Lachapèl) is a commune in the Saint-Marc Arrondissement, in the Artibonite department of Haiti. It has 31,533 inhabitants as of 2015.
La Vallée (French pronunciation: [la vale]; Haitian Creole: Lavale) is a commune in the Jacmel Arrondissement, in the Sud-Est department of Haiti. It has 36,188 inhabitants. It has 36,188 inhabitants.