Battle of Fort Nelson

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The Battle of Fort Nelson was a late 17th-century conflict in Hudson Bay in which French forces under Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville captured an English trading post, asserting French influence over the fur trade in the region.

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instanceOf battle ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
associatedWith Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville’s campaigns in Hudson Bay ⓘ
competition for North American fur resources ⓘ
belligerentSide English garrison of an HBC trading post ⓘ
French forces under Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville ⓘ
combatant England ⓘ
France ⓘ
Hudson’s Bay Company ⓘ
New France ⓘ
commander Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville ⓘ
conflictType naval and land engagement ⓘ
effect assertion of French influence over the Hudson Bay fur trade ⓘ
temporary disruption of English trading operations in Hudson Bay ⓘ
era colonial era in North America ⓘ
location Fort Nelson ⓘ
Hudson Bay ⓘ
Rupert’s Land ⓘ
linked to: Rupert's Land
objective to seize an English fur-trading post ⓘ
outcome capture of an English trading post ⓘ
partOf Anglo-French conflicts in North America ⓘ
struggle for control of the Hudson Bay fur trade ⓘ
relatedTo French–English rivalry in North America ⓘ
Hudson’s Bay Company trading posts ⓘ
fur trade in Hudson Bay ⓘ
result French victory ⓘ
strategicSignificance strengthened French claims in the Hudson Bay region ⓘ
theatre Hudson Bay theatre of Anglo-French colonial wars ⓘ
linked to: Hudson Bay region
timePeriod late 17th century ⓘ

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Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville → notableBattle → Battle of Fort Nelson ⓘ