Jules-Maurice Quesnel

Jules-Maurice Quesnel ( Julien-Maurice Quesnel ; born October 25, 1786 in Montreal , † May 20, 1842 ibid) was a Canadian businessman, explorer and politician.

The son of the composer Joseph Quesnel , like his brother Frédéric-Auguste, attended the Collège Saint-Raphaël in Montreal (1797–99). Around 1804 he became an employee of the North West Company , for which he transported equipment for an expedition to the Rocky Mountains as assistant to David Thompson in 1805 . After participating in the expedition, he was sent to Simon Fraser in New Caledonia in 1807 , whom he accompanied on a journey downriver on the river that later received Fraser's name in 1808.

In 1811 he returned to Montreal, where he became a lieutenant (captain from 1825) in a vigilante battalion. In the following years he worked as a businessman and in 1815 became a partner in Laurent Quetton St George's company Quetton St George and Company , which he took over in 1820 together with John Spread Baldwin . Until 1832 he led the company with Baldwin, which traded in grain and flour. Then he retired from business life.

From 1830 to 1839 he was Warden of Trinity House , then until 1842 Deputy Master . At the same time (1830–36) he was also, together with George Moffatt , a member of the port commission. 1836-37 he was the successor to George Auldjo chairman of the Montreal Committee of Trade . In the dispute over the independence of Canada in the 1830s, he also sided with the colonial government and in 1838 was one of the founders of the Association Loyale Canadienne du District de Montréal . From 1840 until his death he was a city councilor of Montreal, from 1841 a member of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada .

During the 1908 expedition, Fraser named a river after Quesnel ( Quesnel River ), and Quesnel Lake and the city of Quesnel in British Columbia were named after him.

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SURNAME	Quesnel, Jules-Maurice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Quesnel, Julien-Maurice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian explorer, politician and businessman
DATE OF BIRTH	October 25, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH	Montreal
DATE OF DEATH	May 20, 1842
Place of death	Montreal