Fort Longueuil

Fort Longueuil stood in Longueuil, Quebec, from about 1690 to 1810 as a rare stone fortified residence of New France. Built by Charles Le Moyne de Longueuil within the colony’s defensive settlement system, it combined four towers, living quarters, a guard house, a chapel, and major farm buildings into a small fortified estate. Its unusual scale and design made it one of the few places in Canada comparable to a castle-like noble residence in Europe. The fort was closely linked to the elevation of the Longueuil seigneury to a barony in 1700. Later occupied by American and then British troops, it was demolished by 1810, though archaeological remains survive beneath Old Longueuil.

Québec