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Fort St. Pierre   Fr GMaps
ID: 617  Voorhis Number: 510 ;   Location: Ontario, Canada [48.6184, -93.3601] ;    Founded: 1731 , Closed: pre1763 .
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French fort on Rainy lake first built by La Nouë in 1717. In that year La Nouë was sent by Vaudreuil to establish posts at Kaministiquia (where a fort had been erected by Dulhut many years before); then to go on to Rainy lake (called Takamamiononis) to establish a second post; then to acquire information for establishment of a third post at the lake of the Assinipoels. Little is known of his expedition. In 1731 La Jemeraye constructed fort St Pierre for Vérendrye at the outlet of Rainy lake. Its site was about 2 miles east of the present fort Frances and half a mile down the river from the lake. This old French fort was destroyed before 1763 and is marked "destroyed" on D'Anville's map of 1756. It is shown on Bellin's map of 1755 (No. 93) and on Rocque's map 1763 (No. 96). The North West Co. built a fort on the site of the old French fort and called it Fort Rainy lake or fort Lac la Pluie. This fort surrendered to Capt. D'Orsonnens for Lord Selkirk Oct. 3, 1816. The Hudson's Bay Co. also operated at that time a fort near the present Fort Frances built in 1790 and called Rainy Lake fort. In 1820 the Hudson's Bay Co. erected the present Fort Frances near the site of the old French fort (called Takamamionen in 1717) and named it Fort Frances after Sir George Simpson's wife. This post was operated by the Company until about 1900 and the name has continued in the settlement and the Indian reservation. Bougainville 1757 describing posts in La Mer d'Ouest says "St. Pierre is situated on left shore of lake Takamamionen or Lac la Pluie, 300 leagues from Michilimackinak and (100) from Kaministigoyia or Trois Rivières at the northwest end of lake Superior."



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