Fortress
Fort Chambly
🇨🇦 Canada · 17th century
Fort Chambly is a historic fort in La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Quebec. It is designated as a National Historic Site of Canada. Fort Chambly was formerly known as Fort St. Louis. It was part of a series of five fortifications built along the Richelieu River to protect travellers on the river from the Iroquois. The region is informally known as la Vallée-des-Forts.
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Fort Chambly ranks #2,213 of 3,734 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #14 of the 15 mapped in Canada. Founded 1665, it is older than 27% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 285 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. See how Canada compares in the castle statistics.
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