Fort Richelieu
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Fort Richelieu is a historic fort in the Canadian province of Quebec. The fort is designated as a National Historic Site.
The fort was established at the mouth of the Richelieu River, near the modern city of Sorel-Tracy, in 1641. It was built by Charles Huault de Montmagny, first Governor and Lieutenant-Governor of New France, and named in honour of Cardinal Richelieu, chief minister to Louis XIII. The fort was burned down by the Iroquois in 1647. In 1665, the Carignan-Salières Regiment rebuilt the fort on the same site.
Fort Richelieu was part of a series of forts along the Richelieu River, along with Fort Chambly at Chambly and Fort Saint-Jean at Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. The forts were built in order to protect travellers on the river from the Iroquois. The region is informally known as la Vallée-des-Forts.
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