For other uses of this and similar names see Ville-Marie.Fort Ville-Marie was a fortress outpost of France in North America. It is the historic nucleus around which the original settlement of Montreal grew. Given its importance the site of the fort was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1924.
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