Originally erected in 1939 and replaced in 1985 by the Historic Sites and Monuments Commission of Canada, this memorial is dedicated to the memory of the French seventeenth-century Fort Crevier.
Notre-Dame-de-Pierreville,
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LE FORT CREVIER
FORT CREVIER
Un fort fut construit près d'ici en 1687, pour protéger les Français contre les attaques iroquoises que les Anglais encourageaient. Bâti par Jean Crevier sur sa seigneurie de Saint-François-du-Lac, ce fort de bois, appelé à l'origine fort Saint-François, fut plus tard connu sous le nom de Fort Crevier. Des escarmouches eurent souvent lieu à cet endroit entre Français et Iroquois de 1689 à 1693. Après la signature des traités de paix avec les Anglais en 1697 et les Iroquois en 1700 et 1701, le fort ne fut plus utilisé.
A fort was built near here in 1687 for the defence of the French inhabitants of the area against Iroquois attacks which had been encouraged by the English. Originally named Fort Saint-François, it came to be known by the name of its builder, Jean Crevier in whose seigneurie, Saint-François-du-Lac, this wooden fort stood. Skirmishes between the Iroquois and French were fought near here on many occasions between 1689 and 1693. With the signing of peace treaties with the English in 1697, and with the Iroquois in 1700 and 1701, the French allowed the fort to fall into ruins.
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Fort Crevier Memorial Plaque
226 l’Île Concession
Notre-Dame-de-Pierreville
Fort Crevier Memorial Plaque
226 l’Île Concession
Notre-Dame-de-Pierreville
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 46.1034169
Long. -72.8786742
Lat. 46.1034169
Long. -72.8786742
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