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| Keywords: Fort Saint-Jean on Richelieu River 1750s.png Fort Saint-Jean on Richelieu River in Canada during the 1750s http //www cmhg gc ca/cmh/en/image_178 asp page_id 219 Canadian Military Heritage web site s 1750 Author PD-old History of Fort Saint-Jean Fort Saint-Jean was originally built in 1665 on the western bank of the Richelieu River by soldiers of the régiment de Carignan-Salières and was rebuilt a number of times This is a plan of the fort as it was during the 1750s consisting of palisades with four large bastions In 1760 toward the end of the French and Indian War The French surrendered fort to the British During the American Revolution General Montgomery ™s American army took the fort from the British after a 1775 siege but British troops took it back the following year The fort's location has since been the site of a military base and from 1952 to 1995 the location of the Collège Royal Militaire PD-old French and Indian War American Revolution Forts in Quebec Canada in the 1750s Rivière Richelieu Montérégie Royal Military College Saint-Jean Régiment de Carignan-Salières | ||||
