<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/René-Robert_Cavelier,_Sieur_de_La_Salle" id="mwWw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle">Robert LaSalle</a> builds the <i id="mwXA"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Griffon" id="mwXQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Le Griffon">Le Griffon</a></i>, the first known ship built on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes" id="mwXg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Great Lakes">Great Lakes</a>.