In 1634, a mere 14 years after the pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, Jean Nicolet, the first European in this area, ended his 1,000 mile canoe voyage from Montreal to Red Banks. After being welcomed there by local Winnebago Indians, he proceeded up the river about six miles where he encountered a rocky shallow rapids. Nicolet disembarked on the soil that would be named De Pere.
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