Gabriel Franchère
Gabriel Franchère ( 3 November 1786 – 12 April 1863) was a French Canadian author and explorer of the Pacific Northwest.He later joined the Pacific Fur Company as a merchant apprentice, arriving at Fort Astoria on the Tonquin.[1] After Astoria was sold to the North West Company, Franchère returned to Montreal overland in 1814.This work was translated into English and edited in 1851, and later re-released as part of the General Series of the Champlain Society in 1969.[1] The mountain Franchère Peak in the Canadian Rockies was named in his honor in 1917.
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