This is a list offorts inNew France built by theFrench government or Frenchchartered companies in what later becameCanada,Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States. They range from large European-typecitadels like at Quebec City to tinyfur-trade posts.[3]
The French forts in Canada were located from theAtlantic Ocean to as far west asthe confluence of the North and South Saskatchewan rivers, and as far north asJames Bay. Built between the 1640s and the 1750s, a few were captured from rivalBritish fur trading companies likeHudson's Bay Company. The forts were located on waterways to provide transport of fur back east toMontreal orQuebec City. A few have survived or been re-built, but most are ruins or simply disappeared after abandonment.
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| Pointe aux Cannon Battery[6] | 1690 | Saint Pierre Island | Saint-Pierre |  |
The French forts built in what is now the United States, were part of a series of forts built from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi delta; as far west as Kansas, as far east as Maine.
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