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'Fort Rouillé' was a French trading post located in Toronto, Ontario, which was established around 1750 but abandoned in 1759. The fort was also called Fort Toronto. The fort site is now part of the public lands of Exhibition Place.
It is also the name of a street, located approx. 1 km north of the fort site, running south from Springhurst Ave. to the railroad tracks.
Its construction was ordered by the Marquis de La Jonquière, then governor of New France, in order to further establish a French presence in the area, and to intercept the trade of Indians traveling towards an English fur-trading post in present-day Oswego. It was a small palisaded fort with a bastion at each of its four corners, and containing five main buildings: a corps de garde, storeroom, barracks, blacksmithy, and a building for the officers. A drawing[1] purported to date from 1749 shows the fort adjacent to Lake Ontario, whereas today it is situated on top of a small hill a hundred meters or so from the lake's current shoreline.
The fort was abandoned and burned by the French garrison in July 1759, who were retreating from invading English forces. Vestiges of the fort remained for many years afterwards, but the site was graded over and sodded in preparation for the establishment of the nearby Scadding Cabin in 1879.
A wall surrounded the fort with an entrance to the south facing Lake Ontario and a small road (chemin).
The 180 ft x 180 ft fort consisted of five buildings:
★ Smithy
★ Soldiers' Quarters
★ Senior Officers' Quarters
★ Magazine House
★ Kitchen
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Today a large obelisk marks the spot where the original French-built Fort Rouillé was erected.
The grounds were excavated in 1979 and 1980 by the Toronto Historical Board, and again in 1982 by the Youth Committee of the Toronto Sesquicentennial Board. The outline of the original fort has been marked out in concrete around the obelisk. Two commemorative plaques – one in English, and one in French – are attached to the base of the obelisk, placed there by the Ontario Heritage Foundation. To the north a third plaque commemorates the excavation done on the site, and to the west a fourth plaque commemorates a visit to the site by Bertrand Delanoë, mayor of Paris, on September 6, 2003.
The Outline of the Original Fort is Marked on the ground and is cleary visible here [Maps]
The obelisk is surrounded by two cannons and a mortar, dating from the 1850s. Perhaps ironically, they are all British.
★ Coureur des bois
★ Fur trade
★ Fort York - a much larger fort built by the British.
★ Fort Toronto
★ La Presence Francaise en Ontario
★ Ontario Plaques - Fort Rouillé
It is also the name of a street, located approx. 1 km north of the fort site, running south from Springhurst Ave. to the railroad tracks.
| Contents |
| History |
| Structure |
| Fort Rouillé Monument |
| See also |
| External links |
History
Its construction was ordered by the Marquis de La Jonquière, then governor of New France, in order to further establish a French presence in the area, and to intercept the trade of Indians traveling towards an English fur-trading post in present-day Oswego. It was a small palisaded fort with a bastion at each of its four corners, and containing five main buildings: a corps de garde, storeroom, barracks, blacksmithy, and a building for the officers. A drawing[1] purported to date from 1749 shows the fort adjacent to Lake Ontario, whereas today it is situated on top of a small hill a hundred meters or so from the lake's current shoreline.
The fort was abandoned and burned by the French garrison in July 1759, who were retreating from invading English forces. Vestiges of the fort remained for many years afterwards, but the site was graded over and sodded in preparation for the establishment of the nearby Scadding Cabin in 1879.
Structure
A wall surrounded the fort with an entrance to the south facing Lake Ontario and a small road (chemin).
The 180 ft x 180 ft fort consisted of five buildings:
★ Smithy
★ Soldiers' Quarters
★ Senior Officers' Quarters
★ Magazine House
★ Kitchen
Fort Rouillé Monument
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Fort Rouillé Monument at Exhibition Place
Today a large obelisk marks the spot where the original French-built Fort Rouillé was erected.
The grounds were excavated in 1979 and 1980 by the Toronto Historical Board, and again in 1982 by the Youth Committee of the Toronto Sesquicentennial Board. The outline of the original fort has been marked out in concrete around the obelisk. Two commemorative plaques – one in English, and one in French – are attached to the base of the obelisk, placed there by the Ontario Heritage Foundation. To the north a third plaque commemorates the excavation done on the site, and to the west a fourth plaque commemorates a visit to the site by Bertrand Delanoë, mayor of Paris, on September 6, 2003.
The Outline of the Original Fort is Marked on the ground and is cleary visible here [Maps]
The obelisk is surrounded by two cannons and a mortar, dating from the 1850s. Perhaps ironically, they are all British.
See also
★ Coureur des bois
★ Fur trade
★ Fort York - a much larger fort built by the British.
External links
★ Fort Toronto
★ La Presence Francaise en Ontario
★ Ontario Plaques - Fort Rouillé
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