Fort St. Joseph

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Fort St. Joseph was a fort established in 1686 by Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut for New France. Erected on the St. Clair River, the fort was intended to prevent English trade with native tribes. In 1687, about two hundred coureurs de bois, five hundred Algonquian, Henri de Tonti, Nicholas Perrot, Oliver Morel de La Durantaye, and thirty French soldiers gathered there under Marquis de Denonville's orders to prepare for an attack on the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy during the Iroquois Wars.

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Location: 43.0019, -82.4276, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  • Fort Gratiot
    fort in Saint Clair County, Michigan
  • Fort St. Joseph
    on north end of the St. Clair River in what is now Port Huron, Michigan
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    linkpageFortWiki page@Wikidata
    objectwatercraftHuronpreserved watercraft, lightvesselWikidata
    objectwatercraft1944USCGC Bramblepreserved watercraft, icebreakerWikidata
    sitefortFort Gratiotfort, archaeological siteWikidata
    sitefortFort St. JosephfortWikidata