Joe juneau prospector biography for kids

French-Canadian gold prospector and co-founder of Juneau, Alaska

This article is about the prospector and co-founder of Juneau, Alaska.

Joe juneau prospector biography for kids

For the Canadian ice hockey player, see Joé Juneau.

Joseph Juneau (French:[ʒozɛfʒyno]; May 28, 1836–March 1, 1899) was a French Canadianminer and prospector known for co-founding, with Richard Harris, the city of Juneau, Alaska, United States.

The city has been the political capital of Alaska since 1900.

Biography

Joseph Juneau was born in the Lower Canada town of Saint-Paul-l'Ermite (later renamed Le Gardeur and now incorporated into the city of Repentigny) to François Xavier Juneau dit Latulippe and Marguerite Thiffault Juneau.

Juneau's Native American guide in southeastern Alaska was Chief Kowee, who is credited with exploring much of the area later named for Juneau. Harris and Juneau were sent with Kowee by George Pilz, an entrepreneur and mining engineer from Sitka.

After trading much of their