Fort Trois-Rivières
Fort des Trois-Rivières
The monument marking Fort Trois-Rivières.
Fort Trois-Rivières is located in Central Quebec
Fort Trois-Rivières
Location of Fort Trois-Rivières in central Quebec
General information
TypeFort
LocationTrois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
Coordinates46°20′31″N 72°32′19″W / 46.341944°N 72.538611°W / 46.341944; -72.538611
Construction started1634
Completed1638
Demolished1668
Official nameFort Trois-Rivières National Historic Site of Canada
Designated1920
References
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Fort Trois-Rivières (French: Fort des Trois-Rivières) was a 17th-century wooden fort in New France. It was built between 1634 and 1638 by the Sieur de Laviolette.

The construction of a wooden fort on this site marked the second permanent settlement in New France and the foundation of the modern city of Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. It was recognized as a National Historic Site of Canada on January 30, 1920.[2][3]

It was protected by a palisade that repelled a large Iroquois attack in 1653 and was in use until 1668. It was demolished following a peace treaty signed with the Iroquois in 1668.[2]

It was strengthened by the governor of New France, Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge, at the end of 1650. He gave very specific instructions for a more effective defence from attacks to the site's commander, Pierre Boucher. It was "saved from complete destruction as a result of the investments of 1653, by five hundred Mohawks."[4]

Commemorative plaque

A commemorative plaque is fixed to a large stone located south of the post office on des Casernes Street in what is today known as Platon Park. The perimeter of the fort is bounded by present-day streets of Saint-Pierre, Saint-Jean, Saint-Louis, des Casernes and Notre-Dame.

References

  1. ↑ "Fort Trois-Rivières National Historic Site of Canada". Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  2. 1 2 Fort Trois-Rivières. Directory of Federal Heritage Designations. Parks Canada. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  3. ↑ Roy-Sole, Monique. "A Tale of Tenacity", Canadian Geographic Magazine, April 2009, Vol. 129, No. 2, p. 31.
  4. ↑ Sylvie Ravet-Biton:" Les pionniers tonnerois de la Nouvelle-France ", Société d'Archéologie et d'Histoire du Tonnerois. Tonnerre. France. 179 p.
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