Fort de la Montagne | |
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Montreal, Quebec | |
Image of fort in front of Collège de Montréal | |
Coordinates | 45°29′38″N 73°35′05″W / 45.4938°N 73.5846°W |
Type | Fort |
Site information | |
Controlled by | New France: Quebec |
Site history | |
Built | 1685 |
In use | 1685-1854 |
Official name | Sulpician Towers / Fort de la Montagne National Historic Site of Canada |
Designated | 1970 |
Type | Historic monument |
Designated | 1974 |
The Fort de la Montagne (also called Fort des Messieurs or Fort Belmont) was an old fortification, the remaining structures of which are located on Sherbrooke Street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The fort was constructed in 1685 and parts of it were demolished in the mid 19th century. Two 13-metre (43 ft) high stone towers, built in 1694 as bastions of the fort, still remain and are among the oldest structures on the Island of Montreal.[1]
The towers were designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1970.[2]