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Chicago teachers reenact La Salle journey toward New Orleans
A six teachers and 15 students along with a playwright and Franciscan priest retrace Rene La Salle’s 1681 voyage from Montreal to New Orleans. They travel by waterways and portage through Lake Michigan toward South Bend and the St. Joseph River, aiming for the Gulf of Mexico by April 9.
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Chicago
Rene la Salle
Montreal
New Orleans
la Salle
Reid Lewis
Lake Michigan
Ontario
Lewis
Rene Robert Cavelier Sieur de la Salle
St. Lawrence
Lake Ontario
Lake Huron
Elgin
St. Joseph River
South Bend
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Kankakee
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico