Fort Toronto or Fort Rouillet [1] ( Fr. Fort Rouillé (Fort Toronto) ) is a French trading post in Toronto , Ontario , Canada . It was named after Antoine Louis Rouillet , French Minister of Marine under Louis XV . The fort was abandoned in 1759 [2] .
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Description
- 3 notes
- 4 Literature
History
The construction of the fort was commissioned by Jacques-Pierre de la Jonquiere , Governor-General of New France , with the goal of developing these territories by French settlers and trade with the indigenous people [3] .
In 1757, at the time of the Seven Years War , the fort was attacked and looted by a British squad from Mississauga . The next day, a French detachment from Fort Niagara freed the fort.
In 1758, the population of the fort was mobilized to defend Fort Niagara. After Fort Niagara fell in July 1759, a British detachment went to Fort Toronto to take it, but the fort was already burned [4] .
Description
The fort was located west of the confluence of the Toronto River into Lake Ontario , on a hill with a steep slope from the shore, which gave the fort good protection, but the fort was suitable for use only as a trading post [2] .
The quadrangular fortification measuring 55 x 55 m had 4 corner defensive structures and included several structures: a building, a storage room, a forge and an officer’s house. The entrance to the courtyard of the fortification was located in the southern wall of the fort [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Urban Change in Toronto: A Timeline . Torontopedia . Date of treatment December 17, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Chapter 31A: Fort Rouille . Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto Revisited .
- ↑ Scadding, 1873 , p. 5-6.
- ↑ Robertson, 1894 , p. 70.
Literature
- Robertson, J. Ross. Landmarks of Toronto; a collection of historical sketches of the old town of York from 1792 until 1833, and of Toronto from 1834 to 1893, vol . 1 . - 1894.
- Scadding, Henry. Toronto of old: collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario . - Toronto, ON. : Adam, Stevenson & Co., 1873.