Louis Hennepin
Louis Hennepin (1640? - 1701?) was a 17th-century French explorer of the interior of North America and a Catholic priest. Hennepin County, Minnesota, whose seat is Minneapolis, is named after him, as is a street, Hennepin Avenue, in Minneapolis.Two great waterfalls, Niagara Falls, with the most voluminous flow of any in North America, and the Falls of Saint Anthony, the highest on the Mississippi River, located in the aforementioned county, were brought to the world's attention by Louis Hennepin.
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