A short lived New France Fort established in 1686 by Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut. It had it's heyday in 1687 when about two hundred coureurs de bois, about five hundred Algonquian, Henri de Tonti, Nicholas Perrot, Oliver Morel de La Durantaye, and thirty French solders (who constituted the first French garrison in Michigan) gathered there under Marquis de Denonvilles orders to prepaire for an attack on the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy during the Iroquois Wars. It proved to be a wild party and it took some time to get the unruly group to move on to the business at hand. Flag Capital Quebec Language(s) French Religion Roman Catholicism Government Monarchy King See List of French monarchs Governor See list of Governors Legislature none Historical era Ancien Régime in France  - Royal Control 1655  - Surrender of Quebec 1759  - Surrender of Montreal 1760  - Surrender of claim to British February 10, 1763... Events The League of Augsburg is founded. ... Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut (c. ... Events March 19 - The men under explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle murder him while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River. ... Meaning It is a French word meaning Runners of the woods True Definition When the French Colonized in the new world, they were abundant in the trade of beaver skins. ... Algonquian Indians are one of the most populous and widespread North American Native groups, with tribes originally numbering in the hundreds, and hundreds of thousands who still identify with various Algonquian peoples. ... Henri de Tonti (1649-1704) was an Italian-born soldier, explorer, and fur trader in the service of France. ... Plaque commemorating Nicolas Perrot, Clergue Park, Sault Ste. ... Jacques-Rene de Brisay de Denonville, Marquis de Denonville 10 December 1637 – 22 September 1710 was Governor of New France from 1685 to 1689. ... The Iroquois Confederacy (Haudenosaunee, also known as the League of Peace and Power, Five Nations, or Six Nations) is a group of First Nations/Native Americans. ... The French and Iroquois Wars (also called the Iroquois Wars or the Beaver Wars) were an intermittent series of conflicts fought in the late 17th century in eastern North America, in which the Iroquois sought to expand their territory and take control of the role of middleman in the fur...

In 1688 the Fort's commader Louis Armand de Lom d'Arce, Baron de Lahontan wearied of the lonely outpost, decided it was not worth maintaining, burned it and moved to the lively Fort de Buade in St. Ignace. // Events A high-powered conspiracy of notables, the Immortal Seven, invite William and Mary to depose James II of England. ... Fort de Buade was a French fort operating at the present site of St. ...