Statue of Pierre LeMoyne Sieur d'Iberville

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1048 Beach Blvd
Biloxi, MS 39530

The Statue of Pierre LeMoyne Sieur d'Iberville, located in Biloxi, Mississippi, commemorates the first hero of Canada, who was sent by King Louis XIV to locate the mouth of the Mississippi River. His landing on the Biloxi peninsula in 1699 marked the beginning of the colonization of the Mississippi Coast and the Louisiana Territory.

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Interesting information
1/20/2024

Interesting statue and information regarding the flood water levels at the Visitor's Center. A quic...

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The founder of Louisiana
12/2/2022

Pierre LeMoyne, a wealthy French explorer, was born in 1661 in Canada, when it was then a French col...

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