Fort Frances in Rainy River District, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)
Fort St. Pierre
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Le Fort Saint-Pierre
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 16, 2024
1. Fort St. Pierre / Le Fort Saint-Pierre Marker
Erected by Historic Sites and Monuments Board of
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Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Exploration • Forts and Castles. In addition, it is included in the Canada, Historic Sites and Monuments Board series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1731.
Location. 48° 36.927′ N, 93° 21.369′ W. Marker is in Fort Frances, Ontario, in Rainy River District. It is on Idylwild Drive (Calder Drive) just south of Lake Road. The marker is located near the southeast corner (the point) of Point Park. Access to Point Park is via Lake Road, east of Mill Road (Trans-Canada Highway) (Ontario Highway 11). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Fort Frances ON P9A 3M3, Canada. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Northern Ontario and specifically in Northwest Ontario. It is also in Central Canada. Globally, it is in North America, the Great North Woods, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony, the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 16, 2024
2. Fort St. Pierre / Le Fort Saint-Pierre Marker
Looking northeast across Point Park. Sand Bay and Rainy Lake are in the background.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Robert J. N. Pither (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Calder History (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Sieur De La Vérendrye (1685- 1749) (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); History of the Lookout Tower (approx. 1.7 kilometers away); The North West Mounted Police on the Dawson Route (approx. 1.7 kilometers away); La Verendrye Parkway (approx. 2 kilometers away); The Sorting Gap (approx. 2.1 kilometers away); Recreation and Fun (approx. 2.4 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Frances.
Regarding Fort St. Pierre / Le Fort Saint-Pierre. Listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places. Formally recognized: 1934/05/28.
Also see . . .
1. Fort St. Pierre National Historic Site of Canada (Parks Canada).
Excerpt: Fort St. Pierre National Historic Site comprises an open grassed area in Pither’s Point a municipal park on a point of land at the southwest end of Rainy Lake at the mouth of the Rainy River. Constructed in 1731, there are no extant remains of the square fort, which measured 50 feet on each side, and featured two gates surrounded by a double row of thirteen feet high stakes. A seven feet wide road surrounded the fort’s two main buildings, each of which featured two rooms with double chimneys. On either side of Fort St. Pierre were two bastions one of which contained a storehouse and powder magazine. Fort St. Pierre was designated as a national historic site of Canada in 1934 because: it served as a trading post and a base for La Vérendrye’s westward explorations from 1731-1758, in search of the hypothetical “western sea” (la mer de l’Ouest).(Submitted on November 27, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
2. Fort St. Pierre (Canadian Register of Historic Places).
Excerpt: In 1731, French explorer La Vérendrye left Montreal with 50 men, including his eldest son and his nephew, Sieur de La Jemeraye, and travelled west. While La Vérendrye wintered at Kaministiquia, Sieur de La Jemeraye constructed Fort St. Pierre on the southwest end of Rainy Lake. Fort St. Pierre was built for the purpose of participating in the western fur trade north of Lake Superior and furthering La Verendrye’s explorations in search of the hypothetical “western sea” that was believed would provide a route to the Far East.(Submitted on November 27, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)Key elements contributing to the heritage value of this site include: - its location in the town of Fort Frances at the southwest end of Rainy Lake near the mouth of the Rainy River; - its strategic location in the region where several other fur trading forts were constructed during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; - and the integrity of any surviving or as yet unidentified archaeological remains relating to the fort’s period of occupation between 1731-1758, which may be found within the site in their original placement and extent.
Credits. This page was last revised on November 27, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 26, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 366 times since then and 103 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 27, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
