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Fort Presque Isle
Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Commemorative plaque of Fort Presque Isle location
France 1753–1759 British Empire 1759–1763 United States 1786–1852
Site history
Built
1753
In use
1753–1763; 1786–1852
Demolished
1852
Battles/wars
Pontiac's Rebellion
Fort Presque Isle (also Fort de la Presqu'île) was a fort built by French soldiers in summer 1753 along Presque Isle Bay in present-day Erie, Pennsylvania, to protect the northern terminus of the Venango Path. It was the first of the French posts built in the Ohio Country,[1] and was part of a line that included Fort Le Boeuf, Fort Machault, and Fort Duquesne.
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northwest Pennsylvania. The fort was part of a line that included FortPresqueIsle, Fort Machault, and Fort Duquesne. The fort was located about 15 miles...
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construction of a line of forts, starting with FortPresqueIsle on Lake Erie in present-day Erie, Pennsylvania, followed by Fort Le Boeuf, about 15 miles...
taken by them to Fort Machault, a journey on foot and by boat which took 17 days. The following day he was taken to FortPresqueIsle. Three days after...
American trail between the Forks of the Ohio (present day Pittsburgh) and PresqueIsle, Pennsylvania, United States of America. The latter was located at Lake...
south the forts were FortPresqueIsle (at Lake Erie), Fort Le Boeuf (at the south end of the portage leading to the head of French Creek), Fort Machault...
ulcer, complications from gout, and died on December 15, 1796, at FortPresqueIsle.; there was no court-martial. Instead Wilkinson began his first tenure...
public Fort Necessity, destroyed Fort Northkill, abandoned Fort Pitt, partially reconstructed, open to the public FortPresqueIsle, destroyed Fort Prince...
lead plates, whereas Marin constructed and garrisoned forts. He first constructed FortPresqueIsle on Lake Erie's south shore near Erie, Pennsylvania,...
would replace him as commander after his death. Wayne was buried at FortPresqueIsle, where the modern Wayne Blockhouse stands. His son, Isaac Wayne, disinterred...
the fort was still vulnerable. The British Army commander on the Detroit frontier, Major General Henry Procter, had been urged to attack FortPresque Isle...
Years' War. When Fort Niagara was under attack in 1759, he was busy at FortPresqueIsle rallying the Indians of the west. After Fort Niagara surrendered...
The Old PresqueIsle Light was the first lighthouse in the PresqueIsle, Michigan area, built in 1840, supported physically by two-thirds stone and one-third...
the Marquis de LaFayette Fort Duquesne, original name of what is now Pittsburgh Fort Le Boeuf Fort Machault FortPresqueIsle Laporte ("The door") Ligonier...
The New PresqueIsle Light was built in 1870, at PresqueIsle, Michigan, east of Grand Lake, and sits on the namesake peninsula. It is one of 149 lighthouses...
forts around Fort Pitt. The Mingo and other Iroquois allies would attack and capture the French-built forts of PresqueIsle, Fort Le Boeuf, and Fort Venango...
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