Fort Ouiatenon

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Fort Ouiatenon was an 18th-century French fur-trading and military outpost near present-day Lafayette, Indiana, that became a strategic site in the struggle for control of the Old Northwest.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Fort Ouiatenon canonical 1
Fort Saint Joseph 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former military fort ⓘ
fur trading post ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
abandonedBy British forces ⓘ
abandonedIn late 18th century ⓘ
builtBy François-Marie Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes ⓘ
builtIn 1717 ⓘ
capturedBy British forces ⓘ
capturedIn 1760 ⓘ
commoditiesTraded European manufactured goods ⓘ
furs ⓘ
conflictContext French and Indian War ⓘ
constructedBy French colonial authorities ⓘ
constructedFor alliance with Native Americans ⓘ
fur trade ⓘ
military defense ⓘ
country France ⓘ
currentStatus archaeological site ⓘ
reconstructed fort ⓘ
FeastOfHuntersMoonFrequency annual ⓘ
garrisonFunction protect French interests in the Wabash valley ⓘ
hasReconstruction blockhouse ⓘ
heritageDesignation important French colonial site in Indiana ⓘ
hostsEvent Feast of the Hunters’ Moon ⓘ
inUseDuring 18th century ⓘ
laterControlledBy Great Britain ⓘ
listedOn National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn Tippecanoe County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion Old Northwest ⓘ
locatedNear Lafayette, Indiana ⓘ
locatedOn Wabash River ⓘ
nearbyCity West Lafayette, Indiana ⓘ
NRHPListingYear 1969 ⓘ
ownedBy Tippecanoe County Historical Association ⓘ
partOf French colonial empire in North America ⓘ
Pays d’en Haut ⓘ
linked to: Pays d'en Haut
primaryEconomicActivity fur trade ⓘ
strategicFor control of the Old Northwest ⓘ
control of the Wabash River valley ⓘ
tradedWith Kickapoo people ⓘ
Miami people ⓘ
Piankashaw people ⓘ
Wea people ⓘ
usedBy French fur traders ⓘ
French military ⓘ
linked to: French Armed Forces

Native American allies of France ⓘ
usedFor living history events ⓘ
public education ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Upper Country of New France → hadSettlement → Fort Saint Joseph ⓘ
linked to: Fort Ouiatenon