Pierre Le Moyne D'Iberville founded the colony of Louisiana & was the first European to see this lake
[DOC] [TLE] Pierre LeMoyne d' Iberville: Discoverer of the Mississippi Gulf Coast [PAR] The first documentation of a European to actually see the Mississippi River by ... 
La Salle then led an expedition back to establish a colony at the mouth of the 
river ... Pierre LeMoyne established himself as a soldier and had fought to keep 
the ..... a lake which d'Iberville names "Lake Maurapas" and then on to a large 
lake... [DOC] [TLE] Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville | Entries | KnowLA ... [PAR] Apr 26, 2011 ...