Jesuit missionary, in New France 1705; traveled through Canada and Louisiana, including Wisconsin, 1720-22; his letters home and his multi-volume history of New France became classic works relied upon by generations of later scholars.

View Charlevoix's account of his 1721 visit at Wisconsin Historical Collections.

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[Source: The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents", ed. By Reuben Gold Thwaites, v. 71; full text at http://puffin.creighton.edu/jesuit/relations/]