The Lévis Forts was a series of three forts located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Lévis, Quebec, Canada. The first one was built from...
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François Gaston de Lévis, Duc de Lévis, the fort was constructed on Isle Royale, 3 miles (4.8 km) downstream from the other fort. The fort surrendered after...
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ferry links Old Quebec with Old Lévis, and two bridges, the Quebec Bridge and the Pierre-Laporte Bridge, connect western Lévis with Quebec City. The population...
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François-Gaston de Lévis, 1st Duke of Lévis (20 August 1719 – 20 November 1787), styled as the Chevalier de Lévis until 1785, was a French Royal Army...
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""Katchua" offre à Ya Lévis sa première certification du SNEP!" ["Katchua" offers Ya Lévis its first SNEP certification!]. Le Meilleur de la Musique Congolaise...
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Senneville Fort Trois-Rivières Fort Ville-Marie Lévis Forts Several private entities, most notably the Hudson's Bay Company, established outposts or forts, within...
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Pierre-Marc-Gaston de Lévis (1764 – 15 February 1830), second duke of Lévis, peer of France, was a French politician, aphorist, and soldier. At the French...
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action, took a position as an aide-de-camp to Philippe Charles de La Fare. Montcalm and François Gaston de Lévis (who later served under him in New France)...
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compelled Lévis to break off the siege and retreat. After his defeat, Lévis arrived at Montréal where he conferred with the Governor Marquis de Vaudreuil...
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artillery depot for all forts west, and in the Richelieu River Valley, known as the Valley of the Forts. These included Fort Henry and Fort Lennox. The red stone...
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garrison at the fort. In 1759, French military forces abandoned the fort to move to Fort Lévis. Ultimately the British besieged that fort and Montréal....
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Prescott, Ontario (section Fort Wellington)
British campaigns in the area, being the aide-de-camp tasked with delivering the news of the fall of Fort Lévis fifty years earlier. Jessup began to take...
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the United States). It was a victory for the French under the Chevalier de Lévis over the British army under General Murray. The battle was notably bloodier...
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the next day, and met with Lévis for the night at Ganaouske Bay. The next night, Lévis camped just 3 miles (4.8 km) from Fort William Henry, with Montcalm...
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Lafayette Fort Lévis Madison Barracks Fort Michie Fort Montgomery (1776) Fort Montgomery (1844) Forts of New Netherland Fort Niagara Fort Ontario Fort de La...
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Battle of Carillon (redirect from Capain de Trepezec)
were troops that Vaudreuil intended for duty at the western frontier forts. Lévis had not yet left Montreal, so Vaudreuil instead ordered him and 400 troops...
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The Société de transport de Lévis (French pronunciation: [sɔsjete də tʁɑ̃spɔʁ də levi]) also known as STLevis (Lévis Transit Corporation) is a public transportation...
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de la Marine were led by Chevalier de Lévis with 150 Canadians. There were also about 250 Canadian Indians at Fort Carillon, for a total of 3,500 soldiers...
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Years' War, the commander of the French forces, Chevalier de Lévis, ordered the construction of Fort Jacques-Cartier at the mouth of the Jacques-Cartier River...
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succeeded in capturing Fort Ticonderoga, Fort Niagara, and Quebec from the French. The following year the Chevalier De Lévis led a French counterattack...
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History of Prescott, Ontario (section Fort Wellington)
the French and Indian War, being the aide-de-camp tasked with delivering the news of the fall of Fort Lévis fifty years earlier. Jessup began to take...
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as Fort Frontenac (Now, Kingston). It was in use until 1758. In 1760, the French constructed a fort near Johnstown called Fort de Lévis. The fort was...
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upriver trading posts such as Fort Frontenac (now, Kingston) until 1758. In 1759, The French settlers built Fort de Lévis on Chimney Island, in the Saint...
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French and Indian War (redirect from Guerre de la conquete)
1760, François Gaston de Lévis led French forces to launch an attack to retake Quebec. Although he won the Battle of Sainte-Foy, Lévis' subsequent siege of...
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after the siege of Fort Niagara, but he was later released in a prisoner exchange. Chevalier de Lévis' original design for the fort called for stone walls...
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it can reach North America. April 20 – France's Marshal François Gaston de Lévis departs from Montreal up the St. Lawrence River with 7,000 troops on a...
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Colonial militia in Canada (section Forts)
[citation needed] Forts were utilized by both French and British militia units throughout Canada's colonial history. The following forts built by the authorities...
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List of museums in Quebec (redirect from Musée de la civilization)
couleurs de la campagne, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Centre national des naufrages du Saint-Laurent, Baie-Trinité Fort de la Martiniere, Lévis Jardin des...
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dispatched to the western front by his new commanding officer, the Chevalier de Lévis. He attempted to stop the three-pronged attack against Montréal from his...
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Quebec (redirect from Province de Québec)
Articles of Capitulation of Quebec. During the spring of 1760, the Chevalier de Lévis besieged Quebec City and forced the British to entrench themselves during...
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