Gr8 River Road: St. Antoine Fort Traditional Geocache
Gr8 River Road: St. Antoine Fort
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Along the Great River Road, you will find a small wayside, with a
great view of Lake Pepin, and a picnic table. This site was once
the site of a French fort. I am sure that my coords are dead on,
that you can trust for sure.
Nicholas Perrot was a daring adventurer, fur trader, and able
diplomat. The Frenchman built Fort St. Antoine on the shore of Lake
Pepin at this location in 1686. Alarmed by the aggressions of the
English, the French government felt it was necessary to repeat
their claims with sufficient pomp and ceremony to impress the
Indians and to assure their allegiance. Accordingly, here at Fort
St. Antoine on May 8, 1689, Perrot formally took possession of the
entire region west of the Great Lakes "no matter how remote" in the
name of Louis XIV.
When A.W. Miller surveyed this area in 1855, he reported the fort
site occupied "a space of about 60 by 45 feet, and stood about 70
feet back from the point of highest water mark on the lake
shore.
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