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Fort La Baye
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Louisbourg 4
Type Fort
Site information
Controlled by Canada (New France)
Site history
Built 1717
In use 1717-1760
Battles/wars Sauk and Fox War, 1733
Garrison information
Past
commanders
Pierre-Paul Marin, Joseph Marin
Garrison Compagnies Franches de la Marine

Fort La Baye was a French military post at La Baye, which was built in 1717, and occupied until 1760.[1] By 1718, there were a number of French Canadian families living in the area near the fort. Other families settled across the river from the fort in an area which was called Munnomonee, because of the Menominee native people that lived there. Most of the families had come to La Baye from the Mackinac area.[2]

In 1733 the Sauks, allied to the Meskwaki (Fox), attacked the French at Fort La Baye. When a French force went out after them, the sons of De Villiers and Repentigny were killed. In 1737 Claude-Antoine de Bermen de La Martinière was appointed commander of the fort. Pierre-Paul Marin became the leader of a French force against the Meskwaki and Sauks. He prevailed and in 1739 the Marquis de Beauharnois, Governor of Canada, wrote "Sieur Marin has re-established peace and quietness". [3]

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References[]

  1. Canada-Québec, Synthèse Historique, Éditions du Renouveau Pédagogique Inc.
  2. Boréal Express (1977). Canada.Québec. Éditions du Renouveau Pédagogique Inc.. 
  3. La Compagnie Franche de la Marine du Fort La Jonquiere

Coordinates: 44°18′18″N 88°00′21″W / 44.305°N 88.00583°W / 44.305; -88.00583

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