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Related Historical Markers
In the order shown on the marker, these are markers for Fort Joncaire, the French Castle (Fort Niagara), Hennepin View of Niagara Falls, Le Griffon, Portage Road and Hennepin reaches Minnesota
By Dale K. Benington, June 11, 2012
Fort Joncaire Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| | 2nd building in Lewiston
Built 1720 near this spot
A palisaded trading post
First French Fort on
Niagara River — — Map (db m57148) HM |
| | This House,
The "Castle" of
Fort Niagara
was built by the French
1726, approximately on the
site occupied by La Salle
1678, and Denonville 1687.
Taken by the British
1759, it was held by them as
a base of warfare against . . . — — Map (db m67421) HM |
| | Near this spot stood Father Louis Hennepin Franciscan Missionary and Chronicler of La Salle's Expedition 1678 - 9 He was the first to preach the gospel on the Niagara frontier and the first white man who saw and described the falls of Niagara. . . . — — Map (db m8957) HM |
| | Hereabout in May, 1679
Robert Cavelier de La Salle
Built the Griffon, "of sixty
tons burthen," the first vessel
to sail the Upper Lakes.
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Erected by Niagara Frontier Historical Society . . . — — Map (db m57137) HM |
| | Following the Footsteps of the Famous
Along this very road Native Americans, explorers, traders, and soldiers passed for centuries to get around the Niagara Falls and Gorge. Merchants cashed in on trade goods, troops fought for safe . . . — — Map (db m54365) HM |
| | This was the site from which Father Louis Hennepin, the Franciscan Priest, first viewed the Falls of St. Anthony in June of 1680. He named the falls after his patron saint St. Anthony of Padua.
The famous waterfall was responsible for the birth . . . — — Map (db m225467) HM |
Apr. 24, 2024
