Fort St. Pierre
Fort St. Pierre was the first La Verendrye
fort built west of Fort Kaministiquia. It was built in 1731 when the first western commander started his explorations, fur trading and the search for the
western sea. The fort was located at the west end of Rainy Lake near the mouth of
Rainy River. The actual construction took place in the fall and was
carried out by La Verendrye's nephew, Christopher Dufrost de La
Jemeraye and his eldest son, Jean Baptiste de La Vérendrye while
the father returned to Fort Kaministiquia for the winter. Although considered more symbolic than economic, the fort provided an
early link in the important trade route from
La Colle, a Swampy Cree chief who assisted La Vérendrye a great deal, had his main camp in the vicinity of the fort. He and his warriors helped control the Sioux of the Prairies in the period that the La Vérendrye's were moving westward.
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