Tags: Military Structure.
In 1666 the French built a fort to protect Canada from the Iroquois. The fort was dedicated to Saint Anne. Fort Sainte Anne was the most vulnerable to attacks by the Iroquois because it was the last of five forts stretching along the Richelieu River going south. The other four were Fort Richelieu Fort Chambly Fort Sainte Thérèse and Fort Saint-Jean.Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy had the forts built by four companies of the Carignan-Salières Regiment.
