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Fort Saint-Louis, Texas, was founded in 1685 by French explorer René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle and members of his expedition, including Jesuit missionary Zenobius Membre, on the banks of Garcitas Creek, a few kilometers inland from the mouth of the Lavaca River.
The fort has sometimes been referred to as "Fort St. Louis" but that name was not used during the life of the settlement and appears to be a later invention. [27] Map of the French fort drawn by a member of the Spanish expedition that discovered the French colony in 1689. It marks the river, the colony's structures, and location of cannons.
Map of Fort Saint Louis drawn by a member of the Spanish expedition which discovered the French colony in 1689. It marks the river, the colony's structures, and location of cannons. Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora created this map of Matagorda Bay (known to the Spanish as San Bernardo Bay) based on sketches from Alonso De León's 1689
Fort Saint Jacques: 1686–1693 and 1697–1713: Waskaganish Quebec: Fort Saint-Jean: c1748: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Quebec: Fort Saint Louis: 1690–1713: Placentia Newfoundland and Labrador: Fort St. Louis: 1620–1834: Quebec City Quebec: Fort St. Louis: 1623–1930: Cape Sable Island Nova Scotia: Fort St. Louis: 1670s (1686) Moose Factory ...
Moose Fort was known as Fort St Louis after its capture by de Troyes; it was recaptured by the British in 1696 Moose Factory 1854. The area was explored by Pierre-Esprit Radisson (an HBC employee) in the winter of 1670/71 from the base at Rupert House.
Fort Saint Louis (Newfoundland), Placentia, Newfoundland; Fort Saint Louis, a fort in what is now Moose Factory, Ontario; Fort St. Louis (Shelburne County, Nova Scotia) Fort St. Louis (Guysborough County, Nova Scotia) Fort St. Louis, former name of Fort Chambly, Chambly, Quebec; Fort St. Louis, alternate name of Fort de la Corne in Saskatchewan.
Fort Louis (or Fort St. Louis) [1] [2] is a historic French military fort on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin. It is located in Marigot, the capital of the French side of the island, overlooking Marigot Bay. [3] The fort was built in the 18th century to defend Marigot's harbor and its warehouses. [4] It was built during the reign of King ...
Facing competition from St. Louis Galleria, which opened in 1984 and was expanded in 1992, Plaza Frontenac's new owners hired Michael Mindlin and David Suttle, of Hellmuth, Obata, & Kassabaum, who developed a merchandising strategy for the re-positioning and renovation of Plaza Frontenac that resulted in a new mix of day spa, art theater, white ...