''French come to America part 3''

Sieur de la salle also explored

America for France . In 1682 La Salle

travelled from the St. Lawrence River to

the Mississippi River. Then he paddled a canoe

down the Mississippi River to the south.
In the south there is a body of water which is

called the Gulf of Mexico. La Salle was the

first person we know of who travelled all the

way down the Mississipi River to the Gulf of Mexico.