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Built near here in 1686 by the French explorer Duluth, Fort Saint Joseph was the second white settlement in lower Michigan. The post guarded the upper end of the vital waterway joining Lake Erie and Lake Huron. Intended to bar English traders from the upper lakes, the fort in 1687 served as the mobilization center for a war party of French and Indians. In 1688 it was abandoned, but the site became part of Fort Gratiot in 1814.
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Port Huron, Michigan · United States
