| Fort Miamis | |
|---|---|
| Fort Wayne | |
| Type | Fort |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by | New France, Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Site history | |
| Built | Around 1706 |
| In use | 1706-1794 |
| Battles/wars | |
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| Location | Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 41°03′03″N 85°04′52″W / 41.05083°N 85.08111°W |
| Area | 23.75 acres (9.61 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 10000944 |
| Added to NRHP | November 26, 2010 |
Fort Miami, originally called Fort St. Philippe or Fort des Miamis, were a pair of French built palisade forts established at Kekionga, the principal village of the Miami. These forts were situated where the St. Joseph River and St. Marys River merge to form the Maumee River in Northeastern Indiana, where present day Fort Wayne is located. The forts and their key location on this confluence allowed for a significant hold on New France (and later the Old Northwest) by whomever was able to control the area, both militarily for its strategic location and economically as it served as a gateway and hotbed for lucrative trade markets such as fur. It therefore played a pivotal role in a number of conflicts including the French and Indian Wars, Pontiac's War, and the Northwest Indian War, while other battles occurred nearby including La Balme's Defeat and the Harmar campaign. The first construct was a small trading post built by Jean Baptiste Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes around 1706, while the first fortified fort was finished in 1722, and the second in 1750.[1][2][3] It is the predecessor to the Fort Wayne.
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