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The fort has been continually occupied since 1748, and is the core from which the city of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec grew around. Fort Saint-Jean played a crucial role in the British defence strategy during the 1775 American invasion of the Province of Quebec .
The British (and then Canadian) military occupied the Fort Saint-Jean site until 1995, using it since 1952 as the campus of the Royal Military College, which still occupies part of the site. The site now includes a museum devoted to the 350-year military history of Fort Saint-Jean.
- September 17-November 3, 1775
- Colonial victory
Between 1665 and 1666, the French erected five forts along the Richelieu River to counter Iroquois attacks. The location of the first Fort Saint-Jean, built in 1666 and abandoned in 1672, is unknown to this day.
Jan 19, 2024 · General Montgomery led the colonial force out of Ticonderoga on 25 August 1775, where they followed the Richelieu River to Fort Saint-Jean, arriving on 6 September. Fort Saint-Jean sat at the north end of Lake Champlain and guarded the entry into the Province of Quebec.
Mar 19, 2024 · After the Seven Years War, French and Indian War in America, the forts were occupied by the British; St. Jean also recognized as St. John. By late summer, 1775, a two-prong American invasion of Canada was organized.
The fort has been continually occupied since 1748, and is the core from which the city of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec grew around. Fort Saint-Jean played a crucial role in the British defense strategy during the 1775 American invasion of the Province of Quebec.
After a failed assault in May 1775, when a group of Green Mountains Boys tried to seize the Fort Saint-Jean, but fled back across the border after a brief skirmish, Fort Saint-Jean had been reinforced and contained roughly 300 infantry under the command of Major Charles Preston.
