title: La Vérendrye
text: # La Vérendrye
  
  La Vérendrye, La Verendrye or Verendrye may refer to:
  
  ## People
  
  * Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye (1685–1749), French Canadian military officer, fur trader and explorer, often called simply "La Vérendrye". His sons were:
     * Jean Baptiste de La Vérendrye (1713–1736), explorer
     * Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye (1714–1755), explorer and fur trader
     * François de La Vérendrye (1715–1794), explorer and trader
     * Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye (1717–1761), explorer and fur trader
        * Verendrye brothers' journey to the Rocky Mountains, 1742–43
  
  ## Places
  
  * La Verendrye (electoral district), in Manitoba, Canada
  * La Verendrye Provincial Park, in Ontario, Canada
  * La Vérendrye Trail, in Manitoba, Canada
  * La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve, in Quebec, Canada
  * Parc de la Vérendrye (Le Domaine) Water Aerodrome, in Quebec, Canada
  * Verendrye, North Dakota, a ghost town in McHenry County
  * Verendrye National Monument, a former US national monument in North Dakota
  
  ## Other
  
  * Verendrye Electric Cooperative, a public utility cooperative in North Dakota
  