Fort Ville-Marie
The Fort Ville-Marie was a fortress on the Île de Montréal in New France . It formed the core of what would later become the city of Montreal . The fort's location has been classified as a National Historic Site since 1924 .
history
In 1611, the French explorer Samuel de Champlain had a temporary fort built on the Pointe-à-Callière in order to trade in fur for a few weeks. On May 17, 1642, Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve , Jeanne Mance and around 40 other colonists landed at the same location and began building a permanent settlement they named Ville-Marie. From 1645 a stone fortification wall surrounded the settlement.
In the following decades, the actual old town of Montreal developed north of Fort Ville-Marie . The fort was used until 1674 and demolished in 1688. In its place was the residence of Governor Louis-Hector de Callière . The central district of Ville-Marie is named after the fort .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Samuel de Champlain . In: Dictionary of Canadian Biography . 24 volumes, 1966–2018. University of Toronto Press, Toronto ( English , French ). , accessed September 1, 2011.
Coordinates: 45 ° 30 '12.3 " N , 73 ° 33' 14.3" W.