Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut

Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut (c. 1636 - 1710) was a French soldier and explorer who is the first European known to have visited the area where the city of Duluth, Minnesota is now located and the headwaters of the Mississippi River.

He was born in Saint-Germain-Laval, France, and first visited New France in 1674. In 1678, he left Montreal for Lake Superior, spending the winter near Sault Sainte-Marie and reaching the end of the lake in the fall of the following year.

He was forced to return to Montreal and then France in 1681 to defend himself against false accusations of treason, returning the following year.

He established fortifications to defend French interests at the mouth of the Kaministiquia River and at Fort Saint-Joseph between Lake Erie and Huron.

He died of gout in Montreal.