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Fort Denonville was a French fort built in 1688 at the current site of Fort Niagara. It replaced Fort Conti which had been built on the site in 1679 and had burned later that year. The fort was located at the mouth of the Niagara River on Lake Ontario. In the summer of 1687 the Governor of New France, Jacques-René de Brisay de Denonville, Marquis de Denonville, was on a military expedition to pacify the Iroquois. Nearing the end of the campaign season the governor, wishing to keep French presence in the area, moved his army to the site and constructed a post and named it after himself. The fort, which comprised eight wooden buildings and a stockade, was garrisoned by one hundred men and commanded by Captain Pierre de Troyes, Chevalier de Troyes. The governor and the rest of the force retur

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  • Fort Denonville was a French fort built in 1688 at the current site of Fort Niagara. It replaced Fort Conti which had been built on the site in 1679 and had burned later that year. The fort was located at the mouth of the Niagara River on Lake Ontario. In the summer of 1687 the Governor of New France, Jacques-René de Brisay de Denonville, Marquis de Denonville, was on a military expedition to pacify the Iroquois. Nearing the end of the campaign season the governor, wishing to keep French presence in the area, moved his army to the site and constructed a post and named it after himself. The fort, which comprised eight wooden buildings and a stockade, was garrisoned by one hundred men and commanded by Captain Pierre de Troyes, Chevalier de Troyes. The governor and the rest of the force retur (en)
  • Fort Denonville était un fort français construit en 1687 sur le site actuel du fort Niagara. Il a remplacé le fort Conti qui avait été construit sur le site en 1679 et avait brûlé plus tard cette année-là. (fr)
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  • Fort Denonville was a French fort built in 1688 at the current site of Fort Niagara. It replaced Fort Conti which had been built on the site in 1679 and had burned later that year. The fort was located at the mouth of the Niagara River on Lake Ontario. In the summer of 1687 the Governor of New France, Jacques-René de Brisay de Denonville, Marquis de Denonville, was on a military expedition to pacify the Iroquois. Nearing the end of the campaign season the governor, wishing to keep French presence in the area, moved his army to the site and constructed a post and named it after himself. The fort, which comprised eight wooden buildings and a stockade, was garrisoned by one hundred men and commanded by Captain Pierre de Troyes, Chevalier de Troyes. The governor and the rest of the force returned to Montreal for the winter. The Seneca, in reprisal for Denonville's attack of 1687, laid siege to the fort and denied the garrison the benefits of forage or fresh air. Eighty-nine of the garrison died of scurvy, disease, and starvation during the siege. On Good Friday of 1688 a relief force returned and found twelve survivors. The chaplain of the relief force, Jesuit Father Pierre Millet, erected a cross and gave a mass of thanksgiving for their survival. The fort was re-garrisoned, but in September 1688 the French would pull down the stockade and would not winter there again until 1726 when "The House of Peace" (today known as the French Castle) and Fort Niagara were built on the same site. (en)
  • Fort Denonville était un fort français construit en 1687 sur le site actuel du fort Niagara. Il a remplacé le fort Conti qui avait été construit sur le site en 1679 et avait brûlé plus tard cette année-là. Le fort était situé à l'embouchure de la rivière Niagara au lac Ontario. À l'été de 1687 le gouverneur de la Nouvelle-France, Jacques-René de Brisay, a fait une expédition militaire pour pacifier les Iroquois. Vers la fin de la campagne, le gouverneur, désireux de garder une présence française dans la région, a déplacé son armée sur le site et a construit un poste qu'il a baptisé en son nom. Le fort, qui se compose de huit bâtiments de bois et d'une palissade, était tenu par une garnison de cent hommes et commandé par le capitaine Pierre de Troyes. Le gouverneur et le reste de la force revient à Montréal pour l'hiver. Les Sénécas, en représailles de l'attaque de Denonville en 1687, assiège le fort et empêchent la garnison de chercher de la nourriture. Quatre-vingt-neuf soldats de la garnison sont morts du scorbut, de la maladie et la famine durant le siège. Le Vendredi Saint de 1688, une force de secours a retourné et trouvé douze survivants. L'aumônier de la force de secours, le père jésuite Pierre Millet, a érigé une croix et a donné une messe d'action de grâces pour leur survie. Le fort a été remplacé par une nouvelle garnison, mais en septembre 1688, les Français auraient fermé la palissade et ne serait pas revenu que durant l'hiver de 1726 lorsque "la maison de la paix" (aujourd'hui connu comme le château français) et Fort Niagara furent construits sur le même site. (fr)
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