Gabriel Franchère

Gabriel Franchère

Gabriel Franchère (1786–1863) was a French Canadian author and explorer of the Pacific Northwest.

Franchère was a native of Montreal and joined the Pacific Fur Company as a merchant apprentice, arriving at Fort Astoria on the Tonquin.^[1] After Astoria was sold to the North West Company, Franchère returned to Montreal overland in 1814. He was employed for a time by John Jacob Astor in Montreal.^[1] He wrote Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America,^[1] which was published in 1851. This work was edited translated into English, and published as part of the General Series of the Champlain Society in 1969.^[2] The untranslated version was one of Washington Irving's sources for his book Astoria.^[1]

References

1. Cogswell, Philip Jr. (1977). Capitol Names: Individuals Woven Into Oregon's History. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society. p. 26.
2. Franchére, Gabriel (1969). Lamb, William, ed. Journal of a Voyage on the North West Coast of North America during the Years 1811, 1812, 1813 and 1814: The Publications of the Champlain Society. Toronto: Champlain Society Publications. doi:10.3138/9781442618039.

External links

• Gabriel Franchère from the Dictionary of Canadian Biography
• The Quebec History Encyclopedia: Gabriel Franchère from Marianopolis College
• Works by Gabriel Franchère at Project Gutenberg
  • Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America in the years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814 or the First American Settlement on the Pacific
• Works by or about Gabriel Franchère at Internet Archive
•  "Franchère, Gabriel". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900.