Fort de Chartres

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French colonial fort historic site

Fort de Chartres was a major 18th-century French colonial military and administrative stronghold in the Illinois Country along the Mississippi River.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Fort de Chartres canonical	1
Fort de Chartres State Historic Site	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French colonial fort ⓘ historic site ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
coordinateLocation	approximately 38.087°N 90.158°W ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
currentUse	living history venue ⓘ state historic site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
elevation	near river level ⓘ
hasAnnualEvent	Fort de Chartres Rendezvous NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	bastions ⓘ chapel ⓘ curtain walls ⓘ gatehouse ⓘ parade ground ⓘ stone powder magazine ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark ⓘ National Register of Historic Places ⓘ surface form: U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing
inception	circa 1720 ⓘ
locatedIn	French Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Illinois ⓘ Illinois Country NERFINISHED ⓘ New France NERFINISHED ⓘ Randolph County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ
maintainedBy	Illinois Department of Natural Resources NERFINISHED ⓘ
material	stone ⓘ wood ⓘ
namedAfter	Louis, Duke of Chartres NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbySettlement	Prairie du Rocher, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	best-preserved French colonial powder magazine in the Midwest ⓘ reconstructed French colonial stone fortifications ⓘ
occupant	Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Quebec (British) NERFINISHED ⓘ
openToPublic	true ⓘ
ownedBy	State of Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Illinois State Historic Sites NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	American Bottom NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	French and Indian War NERFINISHED ⓘ abandonment due to Mississippi River erosion ⓘ transfer to British control after the Treaty of Paris 1763 ⓘ
startDate	early 18th century ⓘ
use	administrative center ⓘ fur trade regulation post ⓘ military stronghold ⓘ seat of government for the Illinois Country ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Illinois Country → administrativeCenter → Fort de Chartres ⓘ

State Historic Sites of Illinois → hasPart → Fort de Chartres ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort de Chartres State Historic Site