François Norbert Blanchet

Archbishop François Norbert Blanchet François Norbert Blanchet (September 30, 1795 – June 18, 1883) was a French Canadian-born missionary priest and prelate of the Catholic Church who was instrumental in establishing the Catholic Church presence in the Pacific Northwest. He was one of the first Catholic priests to arrive in what was then known as the Oregon Country and subsequently became the first bishop and archbishop of the Archdiocese of Oregon City (now known as the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon). Provided by Wikipedia
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  3. Notices & voyages of the famed Quebec mission to the Pacific Northwest
    being the correspondence notices etc of Fathers Blanchet and Demers together with those of Fathers Bolduc and Langlois Containing much remarkable information on the areas and inhabitants of the Columbia Walamette Cowlitz and Fraser Rivers Nesqually Bay Puget Sound Whidby and Vancouver Islands while on their arduous mission to the engagés of the Hudson's Bay Company and the pagan natives 1838 to 1847 With accounts of several voyages around Cape Horn to Valparaiso and to the Sandwich Islands etc
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