Fort Saint Pierre on Rainy Lake was the first French fort built west of Lake Superior. It was the first of eight forts built during the elder Vérendrye's...
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up Saint-Pierre or saint-pierre in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Saint-Pierre (French, 'Saint Peter', pronounced [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ] ) may refer to: Fort Saint...
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While Fort-de-France was the official administrative capital, Saint-Pierre was the cultural capital of Martinique. After the disaster, Fort-de-France...
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Mesaiger and 50 canoes of Indians left Fort Saint Pierre and built Fort Saint Charles on Lake of the Woods. The fort was 60 by 100 feet with two gates and...
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Saint-Pierre Airport (French: Aéroport de Saint-Pierre) (IATA: FSP, ICAO: LFVP) is a regional airport located 1 NM (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) south of Saint-Pierre...
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1731, he built Fort Saint Pierre near that spot as support for the fur trade with native peoples. In 1732, his expedition built Fort Saint Charles on Magnuson's...
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Fort Pentagouët (Fort Pentagoet, Fort Castine, Fort Penobscot, Fort Saint-Pierre) was a French fort established in present-day Castine, Maine, which was...
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first Europeans who settled the area were French colonists who built Fort Saint Pierre in 1719 on the high bluffs overlooking the Yazoo River at present-day...
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Fort Idrakpur Fort Jangalbari Fort Jinjira Palace (also used as a fort) Lalbagh Fort Mahasthangarh Fort Sonakanda Fort Saint Ann's Fort Charles Fort Babruysk...
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Penobscot may also refer to: Penobscot, Maine Fort Pentagouet (or Fort Castine or Fort Penobscot or Fort Saint-Pierre), Castine, Maine Penobscot Bay, Maine Penobscot...
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l'Amérique, establishing the first European settlement at Fort Saint-Pierre (now St. Pierre). His nephew, Jacques Dyel du Parquet, assisted d'Esnambuc...
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Islands), and established the first European settlement at Fort Saint-Pierre (now St. Pierre) under governor Jean Dupont. D'Esnambuc died prematurely in...
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established another fort, Fort Saint Louis in 1638. This fort, like Fort Saint Pierre, was little more than a wooden stockade. In 1640, the fort was improved...
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Fort St. Pierre was a colonial French fortified outpost on the Yazoo River in what is now Warren County, Mississippi. Also known as Fort St. Claude and...
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Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc and first governor of Martinique, decided to have Fort Saint Louis built to protect the city against enemy attacks. The fort...
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Islands), and established the first European settlement at Fort Saint-Pierre (now St. Pierre). D'Esnambuc died in 1636, leaving the company and Martinique...
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Control of the west was given to Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre (1750–53). He built Fort La Jonquière somewhere on the Saskatchewan, but failed in...
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1673 (today's Kingston, Ontario), Fort Saint Pierre in 1731 (near modern Fort Frances, Ontario), Fort Saint Charles in 1732 (on Lake of the Woods located...
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Archdiocese of Saint-Pierre and Fort-de-France (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Petri et Arcis Gallicae; French: Archidiocèse de Saint-Pierre et Fort-de-France)...
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He was born in Montreal to French colonist parents. Pierre Le Moyne was born in July 1661 at Fort Ville-Marie (now Montreal), in the French colony of...
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Fort Carillon, presently known as Fort Ticonderoga, was constructed by Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, Governor of New France, to protect Lake Champlain...
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Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre (October 24, 1701 - September 8, 1755) was a Canadian colonial military commander and explorer who held posts throughout...
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site of the ancient Fort Saint-Pierre which was built by French colonialists of La Louisiane française in 1719. The French fort was destroyed by Native...
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French post of Fort Saint Pierre (1731-1758). The site is marked by a granite boulder. Morton describes some runnable rapids, Fort Saint Pierre and a fall...
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2003 with three other sister-ships: CMA CGM Fort Saint Pierre CMA CGM Fort Sainte Marie CMA CGM Fort Saint Georges Built in the Taiwanese shipyard CSBC...
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things which could be ordered by Sieur Louis Tuffet, commander of Fort Saint Pierre in the said island and to this end, they shall be compelled to obey...
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1.Fort Kaministiquia (1717), later called Fort William, Ontario (NWC, 1803) and 2. Grand Portage with Fort Charlotte; Rainy River: Fort Saint Pierre (1731)...
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Admiral comte Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez, bailli de Suffren (17 July 1729 – Paris, 8 December 1788), Château de Saint-Cannat) was a French...
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this time concentrating fire on the three forts. Saint Pierre and Saint Robert were quickly destroyed, while Saint Sébastien held out longer before it too...
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They built a trail connecting Fort Sainte Thérèse and Fort Saint-Louis (Chambly). In 1666, the company built a fort on a small island overlooking the...
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