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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 .
Colonial French forts of New France — within the present day United States. Built in New France , including within the domaine of Colonial Louisiana in the Mississippi Basin . Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap
C. French forts in Canada (43 P) F. Forts in Saint Pierre and Miquelon (1 P) M. Military forts in Acadia (17 P) U. French forts in the United States (56 P)
However, several military fortifications were erected by the Hudson's Bay Company, whose royal charter required them to fortify Rupert's Land. Other groups that erected military fortifications in Canada includes First Nations, Spain, and the United States. Although military fortifications were built for strategic, and other military purposes ...
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)
Several thousand place names in the United States have names of French origin, some a legacy of past French exploration and rule over much of the land and some in honor of French help during the American Revolution and the founding of the country (see also: New France and French in the United States).
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
Lists of fortifications (3 C, 1 P) E. Engineering barrages (27 P) F. Fortifications in Spain and its Empire (2 C, 1 P)