• In Detroit's Central Business District, near the Joe Louis Redevelopment Site and Corktown.
  • Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit or Fort Detroit (1701–1796) was a French and later British fortification established in 1701 on the north side of the Detroit River by Antoine Laumet...
  • Though Fort Ponchartrain du Detroit officially became a British holding with the Articles of Capitulation following the capture of Montreal during the French and...
  • Situated between the Detroit and the Savoyard Rivers, the fort originally enclosed 200 square feet with a 12-foot-high stockade of logs and towers at each corner.
  • Fort Detroit (1701-1826) - Established 23 Jul 1701 as Fort Ponchartrain du Detroit by Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac as a French fort and trading post...
  • Fort Detroit would prove to be an important location for a series of attacks against the British during the War of 1812.
  • Fort Detroit was a square structure with a twenty-five foot tall log palisade wall and corner bastions containing about one hundred small houses for the 120-man...
  • Fort Detroit History and Cartography.
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  • During the French and Indian War, Fort Detroit became a key military stronghold for the French, providing a base for operations against British forces and their...
  • The surrender of Fort Detroit on August 16, 1812, was a military disaster for the United States early in the War of 1812 as it derailed a plan to invade and seize...