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Placenames & Plagiarism: The Niagara Maps of Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur & George Demler

By Chris Andrle - October 25, 2026

Was a French army officer and diplomat actually the first to document the name Buffalo Creek on a map?  Or did he steal it from someone else?

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