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This is a list of forts in New France built by the French government or French chartered companies in what later became Canada, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States. They range from large European-type citadels like at Quebec City to tiny fur-trade posts. [3]
It was built after the Treaty of Ryswick in 1697 that resulted in France losing the town of Breisach, on the opposite bank of the Rhine. The town's name means New Breisach . The town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of quintessential military fortifications and its testimony to the influence of Vauban on military architecture during the ...
It was the last of three forts to be built on the same site. The first — then called Fort Saint Louis — was constructed in 1665 by captain Jacques de Chambly, to protect New France from Iroquois attacks. After minor repairs, the fort was burned by the Indians in 1702, [2] but was reconstructed the same year. By then it was already known as ...
But if New France was to have a thriving fur trade and a self-sustaining economy, the Iroquois "menace" had to be addressed. [6] Louis XIV and Colbert took several steps to ensure the survival of New France. Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy was commissioned Lieutenant Général of the Americas and tasked with ending the Iroquois threat.
Fort de Chartres was a French fortification first built in 1720 on the east bank of the Mississippi River in present-day Illinois.It was used as the administrative center for the province, which was part of New France.
With the fall of Fort Frontenac in August 1758, New France lacked a shipbuilding facility between the upper Great Lakes and Montréal. A site was chosen on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River 5.6 miles (9 km) west of Fort de La Présentation. Pointe-au-Baril, located in present-day Maitland, Ontario, was established in 1759.
Fort Carillon, presently known as Fort Ticonderoga, was constructed by Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, Governor of New France, to protect Lake Champlain from a British invasion. Situated on the lake some 15 miles (24 km) south of Fort Saint-Frédéric , it was built to prevent an attack on Canada and slow the advance of the enemy long enough for ...
Fort Plaisance was a French fort built in the 17th century on the island of Newfoundland at the time of the New France.. In 1662, the French established a strategic trading post in a well protected cove overlooking Placentia Bay that separates Avalon from the rest of the island of Newfoundland, located close to Grand Banks.