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"Fort Rouillé"
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South-west part of CNE grounds |
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Granite, Bronze |
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1750/1982 |
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Fort Rouillé
The last French built
post built in southern-day Ontario, Fort Rouillé, more commonly
known as Fort Toronto, was erected at this site in 1750-1751. It
was established by order of the Marquis de la Jonqière, Governor
of New France, to help strengthen French control of the Great Lakes and
was located here near an important portage to capture the trade of indians
travelling southeast toward the British fur-trading centre of Oswego.
A small frontier post, Fort Rouillé was a palisaded fortification
with four bastions and five main buildings. It apparently prospered
until the hostilities between the French and British increased in the mid-1750s.
Following the capitulation of other French posts on Lake Ontario, Fort
Rouillé was destroyed by its garrison in July 1759.
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