French fort at forks of Red and Assiniboine rivers, on south bank of Assiniboine river. Built by Vérendrye 1734-5. Was deserted before 1737 as unnecessary. St. Pierre wintered there 1751-52, Fort La Reine having been burnt. It was a small log fort palisaded. Legardeur St. Pierre in 1751 built his own fort on the north side of the Assiniboine. Near the site of Fort Rouge and the site of La Pierre's fort other small forts and shelter houses were built by Bruce and Boyer in 1780, and by Alex. Henry 1803, also the original Fort Gibraltar 1807. Fort Rouge is marked "abandoned" on Jeffery's map 1762, also on Rocque's 1763 (No. 96). Its location is shown on the south side of the Assiniboine river on maps of Paris 1737, 1740 & 1750, also on Bellin's map 1755 (No. 93). See Winnipeg Forts.