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Acte de concession du comte de Frontenac et de Jean Bochart de Champigny, gouverneur et intendant de la Nouvelle-France, à Charles Le Moyne, écuyer, sieur de Longueuil, le 25 septembre 1698, publié dans
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branch and a restaurant. Parts of the fort are visible in the Royal Bank of Canada branch through a special made hole in the floor.
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of the fort, which was demolished in 1810. The site extends beneath the present-day
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It measured 68 meters long by 46 meters wide. The interior of the fort included:
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Forts or trading posts on the National Historic Sites of Canada register
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in order to ensure the colony's defence. Of these seigneuries,
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Aveu du 17 avril 1723, in Louis Lemoine op. cit. p. 60-61
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a barn 30 feet squared and other necessary farm buildings
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neighbourhood. It was partly situated on the site of the
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Pièces et documents relatifs à la tenure seigneuriale
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Histoire de Longueuil et de la famille de Longueuil
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fort
Longueuil
Quebec
Canada
National Historic Site of Canada
archaeological site
Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue Cathedral
castle
New France
seigneuries
Charles Le Moyne
Charles Le Moyne de Longueuil
corps de logis
Louis de Buade de Frontenac
Jean Bochart de Champigny
King Louis XIV
barony
Barony of Longueuil
Baron
French King
American
American Revolutionary War
British
Old Longueuil
Co-Cathedral of Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue
Laurentian Bank


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