Jean de Quen

22-Feb-1639 Handwriting Sample

Jean de Quen (May, c. 1603 at Amiens, France - October 8, 1659 in Quebec) was a French Jesuit missionary, priest and historian who discovered Lac Saint-Jean. As head of the missions of the Jesuits of New France, he founded the missions to the Saguenay.

External links

• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

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Name	Quen, Jean de
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Date of death	1659
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