Fort Maurepas (Canada)

Not to be confused with the Fort Maurepas built in 1699 on the Gulf of Mexico Fort Maurepas was the name of two forts, or one fort in two locations, built by the French in the Lake Winnipeg area in the 1730s. They were both named after Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas who, as Minister of Marine, was in charge of French colonies.

Fort Maurepas (Canada)

Not to be confused with the Fort Maurepas built in 1699 on the Gulf of Mexico Fort Maurepas was the name of two forts, or one fort in two locations, built by the French in the Lake Winnipeg area in the 1730s. They were both named after Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas who, as Minister of Marine, was in charge of French colonies.