Fort Maurepas - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Fort Maurepas - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Fort Maurepas was the name of two forts, or one fort in two locations, built by the French in the Lake Winnipeg area in the 1730s. They were both named after Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas (from the city of Maurepas) who, as Minister of Marine, was in charge of French colonies and chief adviser to King Louis XVI. Read more on Wikipedia
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