Fort Maurepas (Canada)

Fort Maurepas
On the Red River, St. Andrews RM, north of Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada
Site information
TypeFur trade
Site history
Built1734

Fort Maurepas was the name of two forts, or one fort in two locations, built by the French in the Lake Winnipeg area in the 1730s:

  • First Fort Maurepas (Red River)
  • Second Fort Maurepas (Winnipeg River)

They were both named after Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas (from the city of Maurepas) who, as Minister of Marine, was in charge of French colonies and chief adviser to King Louis XVI.

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