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Fort Beauharnois was a French fort, serving as a fur trading post and Catholic mission, built on the shores of Lake Pepin, a wide section of the upper Mississippi River, in 1727. The location chosen was on lowlands and the fort was rebuilt in 1730 on higher ground. It was the site of the first Roman Catholic chapel in what is now Minnesota, which was dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel. The fort was named after the Governor of New France at the time, Charles de Beauharnois.

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  • Fort Beauharnois was a French fort, serving as a fur trading post and Catholic mission, built on the shores of Lake Pepin, a wide section of the upper Mississippi River, in 1727. The location chosen was on lowlands and the fort was rebuilt in 1730 on higher ground. It was the site of the first Roman Catholic chapel in what is now Minnesota, which was dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel. The fort was named after the Governor of New France at the time, Charles de Beauharnois. Eventually it was abandoned as the French sent most of their troops to the east to fight the British in the French and Indian War. Today, an Ursuline convent and the Villa Maria Conference Center stand on the site of the old fort, in Florence Township of Goodhue County, in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. The Minnesota Department of Transportation inventories a roadside historical marker of the presumed location of the fort along US 61/US 63 (en)
  • Le fort Beauharnois est un fort fondé par les Français sur les rives du lac Pépin, près de la source du Mississippi. Il fut créé en 1727 par René Boucher de la Perrière, qui le baptisa en l'honneur du gouverneur de la Nouvelle-France, le marquis de Beauharnais. La localisation du fort avait été faite sur des basses terres, alors le fort a dû être reconstruit en 1730 sur des terres plus hautes. Ce fut le site de la première chapelle catholique dans l'État du Minnesota. La chapelle fut dédiée à saint Michel. Le fort fut finalement abandonné durant la guerre de Sept Ans contre les Britanniques, pour envoyer les troupes plus à l'est de la Nouvelle-France. Aujourd'hui, il y a un couvent d'ursulines et un centre de conférence, la 'Villa Maria', sur le site du vieux fort, dans le village de Wacouta au Minnesota, qui fait partie de l'archidiocèse de Saint Paul et Minneapolis. Le département de transport du Minnesota a placé un marqueur pour désigner le site du vieux fort sur la route US 61/US 63 dans le comté de Goodhue. (fr)
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  • Fort Beauharnois was a French fort, serving as a fur trading post and Catholic mission, built on the shores of Lake Pepin, a wide section of the upper Mississippi River, in 1727. The location chosen was on lowlands and the fort was rebuilt in 1730 on higher ground. It was the site of the first Roman Catholic chapel in what is now Minnesota, which was dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel. The fort was named after the Governor of New France at the time, Charles de Beauharnois. (en)
  • Le fort Beauharnois est un fort fondé par les Français sur les rives du lac Pépin, près de la source du Mississippi. Il fut créé en 1727 par René Boucher de la Perrière, qui le baptisa en l'honneur du gouverneur de la Nouvelle-France, le marquis de Beauharnais. La localisation du fort avait été faite sur des basses terres, alors le fort a dû être reconstruit en 1730 sur des terres plus hautes. Ce fut le site de la première chapelle catholique dans l'État du Minnesota. La chapelle fut dédiée à saint Michel. (fr)
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