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    Fort de Buade was a French fort in the present U.S. state of Michigan's Upper Peninsula across the Straits of Mackinac from the northern tip of lower...
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    Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau (French pronunciation: [lwi də bɥad kɔ̃t də fʁɔ̃tənak e də palɥo]; 22 May 1622 – 28 November 1698) was...
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    Louis de La Porte de Louvigny directing construction of Fort de Buade in 1690. In the 1690s, commander Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac used Fort de Buade as...
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    in the colony. He was the commander of Fort de Buade in St. Ignace, Michigan, in 1694. In 1701, he founded Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit (which became...
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  • Buade may refer to: Buade Lake (Normandin River), Quebec, Canada Fort de Buade, a French fort in the present U.S. state of Michigan Antoine de Buade (c...
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    List of military installations in Michigan (category Forts in Michigan)
    Ignace was fortified, Fort de Buade was built in 1690 and was used until 1701 Fort St. Joseph, Port Huron, built 1686, abandoned 1688 Fort St. Joseph at Niles...
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    1683, they augmented the mission with Fort de Buade. In 1701, Sieur de Cadillac moved the French garrison to Fort Detroit and closed the mission. By 1713...
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  • the French established a fort and settlement on the south side of the strait. It was called Fort Michilimackinac. The fort became a major trading post...
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    Strait of Lake Erie." In 1698, Antoine Laumet de Lamothe Cadillac, who had previously commanded Fort de Buade at Michilimackinac, proposed the establishment...
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    peninsula, where it remained active until 1705). The construction of Fort de Buade at St. Ignace in 1681 was an attempt by the authorities of New France...
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