Olivier Morel de La Durantaye, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Officer of New France
Date of Birth: 17-Feb-1640
Place of Birth: Le Gâvre, Pays de la Loire, France
Date of Death: 28-Sep-1716
Profession: military officer
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Olivier Morel de La Durantaye
- Oliver Morel de La Durantaye (17 February 1640 – 28 September 1716) was an Officer of New France.
- Born in Notre Dame du Gaure, Nantes, France, he served as commandant of Fort Michilimackinac, in what is now Michigan, from 1683 to 1690.
- In 1684 he traveled to Fort St.
- Louis to assist Henri de Tonty against the Iroquois, and it is thought that during this journey he constructed a temporary fort that Tonty visited in the winter of 1685/1686, and later referred to as the Fort of Chicagou.
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