Louis Hennepin

Louis Hennepin (1640? - 1701?) was a 17th-century Flemish-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 were brought to the world's attention by Louis Hennepin, who traveled throughout central North America as historian on the explorations of LaSalle: Niagara Falls, with the most voluminous flow of any in North America, and the Saint Anthony Falls in what is now Minneapolis, the only waterfall on the Mississippi River.

External link

• Article on Louis Hennepin. (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07215c.htm) in the Catholic Encyclopedia.

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