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of the star-shaped fort feature exhibits about the history and military life of the fort, and include a multimedia presentation, scale models, period illustrations, interactive games, and antique tools and materials. Guided tours are offered of the casemates, tunnels and underground chambers, and
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was sent to Canada to establish the Canadian defence plan. He suggested that detached forts be built on Pointe-Lévy, on the south shore of Quebec City. The original plans recommended 5 forts, of which 3 were actually built. None of the three were ever occupied as they were no longer considered
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still had a great importance in the British textile industry. Following the Civil War, the British were still expecting an American invasion of Canada.
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and the other ones by private businesses (1865-1869). The costs were almost identical for all three, ranging from 57,600 to 59,762 pounds.
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was blocked. The Canadian forests would then be used as Great Britain's main wood supply.
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Forts or trading posts on the National Historic Sites of Canada register
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had the British worried about their wood supply, if the access to the
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