Fort Saint Pierre
| Fort Saint Pierre National Historic Site | |
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| Fort Saint Pierre | |
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| Coordinates | 48°36′54″N 93°21′24″W / 48.61500°N 93.35667°W |
| Built | 1731 |
| Original use | Trading post |
| Website | Fort St. Pierre National Historic Site |
  Location of Fort Saint Pierre National Historic Site in Ontario | |
| Designated | 28 May 1934 |
Fort Saint Pierre on Rainy Lake was the first French fort built west of Lake Superior. It was the first of eight forts built during the elder Vérendrye's expansion of trade and exploration westward from the Great Lakes.
History
In 1688 Jacques de Noyon, the first European to reach the area, built a temporary post or camp possibly at the same location.[1] For its position on the fur trade route see Winnipeg River#Exploration and fur trade.
Rainy River just past a series of rapids near its outflow from the lake at the modern town of Fort Frances
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Prairies in the period when La Vérendrye was leading expeditions and fort building westward.
According to the commemorative plaque by Historic Sites and Monuments of Canada,[3]
"The first post on Rainy Lake was Fort Tekamanigan built by Robutel de La Noue in 1717, but soon abandoned, probably because of Sioux hostility. In 1734 the Sieur La Jemeraye, La Verendrye's nephew and lieutenant, constructed Fort St. Pierre at the south-west end of the lake where it drains into the Rainy River. As one of the postes de la Mer de l'Ouest it served as a trading post and a base for La Verendrye's westward explorations. Fort St. Pierre was abandoned by the French about 1758 during the course of the Seven Years War."
— Historic Sites and Monuments of Canada
Citations
- ^ Morton, page 98
- ^ Morton, page 178
- ^ Brown, Alan L. (2011), Ontario Plaques, retrieved 17 April 2018
Further reading
- Morton, Arthur S. (1973) [1939]. A History of the Canadian West to 1870-71: Being a History of Rupert's Land (the Hudson's Bay Company's Territory) and of the North-West Territory (including the Pacific Slope) (second ed.). University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-4033-6.
- Bryce, George (23 February 1897). "The Lake of the Woods: Its History, Geology, Mining and Manufacturing". MHS Transactions. Series 1 (49). Manitoba Historical Society.
- Champagne, Antoine. "The Vérendryes and Their Successors, 1727-1760". MHS Transactions. 1968-69 Season. Series 3 (25). Manitoba Historical Society.
- Hickerson, Harold (1974). "La Colle". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. III (1741–1770) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- Campeau, Lucien (1974). "Mesaiger, Charles-Michel". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. III (1741–1770) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- Hlady, Walter M. "Indian Migrations in Manitoba and the West". MHS Transactions. 1960-61 Season. Series 3 (17). Manitoba Historical Society.
External links
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