Description: Fort De Nonville was named for the seventeenth century Governor General of New France, Jacques-René de Brisay de Denonville. Built on the site of what was once Fort Conti, at the mouth of the Niagara River, near Rochester, New York, the fort consisted of bales and four bastions; impressively, the fort’s construction was started and completed in a matter of weeks. The fort was built in 1687, and after a taxing winter, where the vast majority of the garrison perished due to inadequate supplies, the fort was left with very few men. After being besieged, the fort was abandoned by August of 1688, and was promptly burned by Senecan forces.

County: Niagara County

City, State: Youngstown, New York

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Fort Conti