North West Co. fort on end of peninsula southern extremity of St. Joseph island at outlet of Sault Ste. Marie, shown on Standard Sheet No. 7 as old fort St. Joseph. Built by British troops about 1765. In 1792 the North West Co. built an establishment for constructing canoes for the interior. It was visited by Harmon in 1800. A settlement was made near the fort in 1790. The fort stood on a rise of ground joined to the island by a narrow neck.