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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: August 4, 2014
Caption: Fort Sainte-Thérèse Marker
Additional Description: We forgot it… We knew it existed between Chambly and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. The historian Réal Fortin unveiled the important role of Fort Sainte-Thérèse in our history.
«October 2nd, we planted the stake to build the fort Ste. Thérèse and started cutting down all the large and tall trees on the land (…) The 12th, I began to plant the palisade of the fort. the 15th all the palisades were planted around the fort.» (Free translation based on Henri Chastelard de Salière’s text, 1665)
Every Sunday in August from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Guides from the Corporation historique du Fort Sainte-Thérèse will present the most recent archaeological discoveries.
Where?
In Cariganan, on the multipurpose path of the Chambly Canal National Historic Site. Meeting point: the fort Sainte-Thérèse interpretation panel, north of bridge no. 9.
Come visit us.
Sketch of Sainte-Thérèse fort. / Représentation du Fort Sainte-Thérèse.
Submitted: March 28, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p304133
File Size: 3.460 Megabytes

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