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Site of Fort St. Antoine 1686 WI22 |
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Nicholas Perrot was a daring adventurer, fur trader, and able diplomat. The handsome
Frenchman built Fort St. Antoine on the shore of Lake Pepin near here in
1686. Alarmed by the aggressions of the English, the French government felt it was
necessary to repeat their claims with sufficient pomp and ceremony to impress the
Indians and to assure their allegiance. Accordingly, here at Fort St. Antoine on May
8, 1689, Perrot formally took possession of the entire region west of the Great
Lakes "no matter how remote" in the name of Louis XIV. When AW. Miller surveyed
this area in 1855, he reported the fort site occupied "a space of about 60 by
45 feet, and stood about 70 feet back from the point of highest water mark on the
lake shore.
Hwy 35, 3 mi. NW of Pepin. Pepin County Wisconsin
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