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Joncaire's Blockhouse
Description: Joncaire's Blockhouse was constructed in 1719, in Niagara Falls, New York. The fort was known under several monikers, but most prominently known as Fort Joncaire, and Magazin Royal. Daniel Joncaire, a Frenchman who lived alongside Native Americans, built a stockaded cabin and warehouse for trading, in Lewiston at the foot of the portage, around seven miles from the future Fort Niagara. Joncaire’s Blockhouse was dedicated as Magazin Royal by the Baron de Longueuil, who served as the Lieutenant Governor of Montreal. This may have been near the site of the original 1678 French Fort Hennepin, and later, that of an unnamed storehouse in 1679. Another fort was built by Joncaire in 1750 called Fort Little Niagara or Fort du Portage above the falls (formerly the upper camp of Fort Conti in 1679).
County: Niagra
City, State: Niagra Falls, New York
Conflict/Time Period: 1719