The Mississippi River and its branches.
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French explorers primarily searched the Mississippi and St. Lawrence rivers. Notably, Jacques Cartier explored the St. Lawrence River in the 1530s, while René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, famously navigated the Mississippi River in the late 17th century. These explorations were crucial for establishing French claims in North America.
Papillion creek (papillon means butterfly in French) and Loup (wolf) river are two rivers with French names in Nebraska.
The French concentrated their explorations in North America (Canada/US).
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Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec as the first permanent French colony in North America. He was important in helping persuade the French government that further explorations in North America might lead to the discovery of a Northwest Passage that would lead to Asia.
A river is 'une rivière' (fem.) in French; 'un fleuve' (masc.) is a river that runs into the sea or the ocean (tributary rivers emptying into larger ones are only called rivière, but not fleuve)