Fort Plaisance

E738472

French colonial fort fort military fortification

Fort Plaisance was a French colonial fortification built to protect the fishing settlement at Placentia in what is now Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Fort Plaisance canonical	1
Fort Saint-Louis	1

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French colonial fort ⓘ fort ⓘ military fortification ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFunction	defense of fishing settlement ⓘ military defense ⓘ protection of French fisheries ⓘ
heritageDesignation	archaeological site ⓘ
languageOfAdministration	French ⓘ
locatedIn	Canada ⓘ New France NERFINISHED ⓘ Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ Placentia NERFINISHED ⓘ Placentia Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Newfoundland Time Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Atlantic coast of North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Newfoundland NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialUsed	earthworks ⓘ stone ⓘ timber ⓘ
namedAfter	Plaisance (French name for Placentia) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	French Atlantic fishery system ⓘ French colonial defenses in Newfoundland NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentDayJurisdiction	Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Newfoundland and Labrador NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of access to Placentia Bay ⓘ protection of French presence in Newfoundland ⓘ
usedFor	protection of cod-fishing interests ⓘ protection of fishing infrastructure ⓘ protection of settlers ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador → hasFortification → Fort Plaisance ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort Saint-Louis