Fort Vieux Logis

Fort Vieux Logis
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Established1749 - 1754
LocationHortonville, Nova Scotia, Canada
TypeNational Historic Site
WebsiteGrand Pre National Historic Park

45°06′47″N 64°16′50″W / 45.11306°N 64.28056°W / 45.11306; -64.28056

Fort Vieux Logis (later named Fort Montague) was a small British frontier fort built at present-day Hortonville, Nova Scotia, Canada (formerly part of Grand Pre) in 1749, during Father Le Loutre's War (1749).[1][2][3] Ranger John Gorham moved a blockhouse he erected in Annapolis Royal in 1744 to the site of Vieux Logis.[4][5][6][7][8] The fort was in use until 1754.[9][10] The British rebuilt the fort again during the French and Indian War and named it Fort Montague (1760).

The site of the fort is near the field where the Acadian Cross and the New England Planter's monument are located. Despite archeological efforts to locate it, the exact site of the fort is unknown.[11]

Despite the British Conquest of Acadia in 1710, Nova Scotia remained primarily populated by Catholic Acadians and Mi'kmaq. During King George's War, the British tried to occupy further up the Bay of Fundy, starting with Grand Pre. They built a palisade which was involved with in the Siege of Grand Pre.

  1. ^ p.3 primary source
  2. ^ Northeast Archaeological Research "Northeast Archaeological Research --". Archived from the original on 2013-05-14. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
  3. ^ Murdoch (1866), p. 226
  4. ^ "Nova Scotia Forts".
  5. ^ "Mohawk Monument, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia | Access Genealogy". 9 July 2011.
  6. ^ The fort at Annapolis Royal was named Fort Mohawk (first built by Mohawks under Major John Livingston in 1712).
  7. ^ "The history of Kings County, Nova Scotia, heart of the Acadian land". Salem, Mass., The Salem press company. 1910.
  8. ^ Murdoch (1866), p. 623
  9. ^ "Selections from the public documents of the province of Nova Scotia". Halifax, N.S., C. Annand. 1869.
  10. ^ "Selections from the public documents of the province of Nova Scotia". Halifax, N.S., C. Annand. 1869.
  11. ^ Fort Vieux Logis Archived May 14, 2013, at the Wayback Machine