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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]
This list may not reflect recent changes. * List of French forts in North America; A. Fort Anne; B. Bas de la Rivière; Fort Beauséjour; Fort Boishebert; Fort ...
This is a list of fortifications past and present, a fortification being a major physical defensive structure often composed of a more or less wall-connected series of forts. Individual fortifications
Remnants of fortifications can be found scattered throughout the old town. Of the first fortifications, several towers and a gate remain. Of the second medieval wall, a sizable portion remains to the south-east of the old city, while the Pont des Trous, although severely altered, remains an impressive example of a medieval water gate.
31.7 Overseas France. 32 Germany. 33 Grenada. ... This is a list for articles on notable historical forts which may or may not ... Fortifications of New Netherland ...
Starting in 1627, it was the New France Company "Compagnie de la Nouvelle-France" who administered New France. Saint-Joseph (1626) Godefroy (1633) Hertel (1633) de Beauport (1634) des Jésuites (1634) La Clousterie (1634) Du Buisson (1634) La Citière (1635) de la Côte-de-Beaupré (1636) de l'Île de Montréal (1636) Île-Jésus (1636)
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.