# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pierre-gaultier-de-varennes-sieur-de-la-verendrye
# Generated: 2026-08-16T04:43:19.697Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pierre-gaultier-de-varennes-sieur-de-la-verendrye"
name: "Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye"
slug: "pierre-gaultier-de-varennes-sieur-de-la-verendrye"
description: "Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye was a military officer, fur trader, and explorer. In the 1730s, he and his four sons explored the area west of Lake Superior and established trading posts there. They were part of a process that added Western Canada to the original New France territory that was centred along the Saint Lawrence basin."
tagline: "French Canadian explorer and trader (1685-1749)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pierre_Gaultier_de_Varennes_et_de_la_Verendrye.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1685-11-17"
deathDate: "1749-12-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.78229333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "پیئر گولٹیئر ڈی وارینز"
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    title: "Pierre de La Verendrye"
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    title: "Варен дьо ла Верандри"
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    title: "Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye"
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    title: "Pierre La Vérendrye"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Gaultier_de_Varennes_et_de_La_V%C3%A9rendrye"
    title: "Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ла-Верандри, Пьер Готье де"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump