Fort Presque Isle

(British)

After the French left, the British Fort was built by Major Rodgers in 1760 on the site of the old French Fort. It had a different configuration consisting of a stockade enclosure with a blockhouse, the second story of which ...

Presque Isle Forts

Site of

French Fort de la Presqu'Isle - 1753

British Fort Presque Isle - 1760

Marker is at the intersection of East Front Street and Parade Street, on the right when traveling west on East Front Street.

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Fort Presque Isle

Two forts stood four blocks north. French fort, built by Marin, 1753, abandoned 1759. British fort, built by Col. Bouquet, 1760, and captured 1763 by Pontiac's Indians. The French Road to Fort Le Boeuf began there.

Marker is at the intersection ...