Strong Gaspareaux

The Fort Gaspareaux was strong French close to the mouth of the Gaspareaux river in Green Bay, very close to the modern village of Port Elgin, in the Canadian province of the New Brunswick. It is now a national historic site.

The fort was built under the orders of the Marquis of Jonquière in 1751. It was at the origin of a ground rampart with palisade, measuring 60 square meters and surrounded by a ditch. With each corner a Blockhaus was equipped with small a gun.

The communications with the Fort Beauséjour of the other edge of the Isthme of Chignectou were carried out at the beginning by an old road of bearing, but in 1754 a road was built connecting the two forts. The voyage by the sea was also possible in summer, towards Quebec, Louisbourg, and the France.

After the fall of Strong Beauséjour in 1755, the British sent 300 men, led by Colonel John Winslow, to take Strong Gaspareaux, at the time under the command of the Villeray Captain. It was quickly accomplished, the fort was famous Fort Monckton and placed under the responsibility of an English garrison. The British gave up the fort the following year, incompetents to defend oneself against the Mi' kmaq.

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