[History Hounds] Muddy Ground: Chicago’s Role in the French Great Lakes with John Williams Nelson, Texas Tech University

Explore the role of the Chicago Portage in French imperial ambitions during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. By examining the specific canoe routes and portage paths used to navigate the Great Lakes Region, this speaker highlights the importance of geography and environmental knowledge in explaining Indigenous and French relations.

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