Fort Menagoueche

Fort Menagouèche
Saint John, New Brunswick,  Canada
Fort Menagouèche is located in Canada
Fort Menagouèche
Fort Menagouèche
Coordinates45°15′52″N 66°04′25″W / 45.2644°N 66.0736°W / 45.2644; -66.0736
TypeHistorical French Fort
Official nameFort Charnisay National Historic Site of Canada
Designated1923
Site information
Owner Canada: National Historic Sites of Canada
Controlled by1751-1755:  France
1758-?:  British Empire
?-present:  Canada
Site history
Built1751
Built byCharles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot  France
Ignace-Philippe Aubert de Gaspé  France[1]
In use1751-1755:  France Warehouse/Way Station
1758-?:  British Empire Fort
?-present:  Canada Museum

Fort Menagoueche (French: Fort Menagouèche) (1751, destroyed 1755, present historic site) was a French fort at the mouth of the St. John River, New Brunswick, Canada. French Officer Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot and Ignace-Philippe Aubert de Gaspé[1] built the fort during Father Le Loutre's War and eventually burned it themselves as the French retreated after losing the Battle of Beausejour. It was reconstructed as Fort Frederick by the British.

Due to the succession of strategic French and British forts at this location, the site was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1923.[2]

  1. ^ a b Castonguay, Jacques (1979). "Aubert de Gaspé, Ignace-Philippe". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IV (1771–1800) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
  2. ^ Fort Charnisay National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 18 February 2012.