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Fort Niagara, also known as Old Fort Niagara, is a fortification originally built by New France to protect its interests in North America, specifically control of access between the Niagara River and Lake Ontario, the easternmost of the Great Lakes. The fort is on the river's eastern bank at its mouth on Lake Ontario.
A list of ships posted to New France: La Tempête; Ship building in New France 1650s and repair facilities were available in Quebec and Louisburg. Ships built in Quebec shipyard include: 500-tonne store ship launched on June 4, 1742; Caribou, a 700-tonne store ship launched on May 13, 1744; Castor, a 26-gun frigate launched on May 16, 1745
Robert Giffard de Moncel [1] (c. 1587 – 14 June 1668) was a Perche-based surgeon and apothecary who became New France's first colonizing seigneur. Initial voyages [ edit ]
Founded by Samuel de Champlain in 1608, New France began as a proprietary colony granted by the Crown to a succession of merchant companies. In 1627, following the failure of the Compagnie de Montmorency to fulfill its contractual obligations, control of New France was granted by Louis XIII to the Company of One Hundred Associates, founded by Cardinal Richelieu.
The following day, the expedition returned upstream several miles to a bluff on the north shore of the river at its narrowest point. Cadillac commenced the construction of a fort at this location which he named Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit. The first building completed was a chapel dedicated to Saint Anne, the patron saint of New France. [2]
Fort Beauséeour in 1755 by Winckworth Tonge. During the 1600s and 1700s, European monarchies were nearly continuously at war with each other. The threat of Anglo-American invasion of New France was constant, as England tried to establish power in North America, and Acadia was particularly vulnerable to attacks by water. [2]
The Virtual Museum of New France (French: Le Musée virtuel de la Nouvelle-France) is a virtual museum created and managed by the Canadian Museum of History.Its purpose is to share knowledge and raise awareness of the history, culture and legacy of early French settlements in North America.