Fort Saint-Jean

At Saint-Jean, the French erected a first fort in 1666 as a result of the Iroquois wars. In 1748, a second fort was built to protect the French colony against British military expeditions coming up the Richelieu. Later, as a result of the American Revolution, two redoubts were built to protect the now English colony against an American invasion. Following the 1837 uprising, a new military complex was built on the site of its predecessors, and since 1952 this complex has served as the core of the new Collège militaire royal de St-Jean.

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