Fort of Chicago

The Fort of Chicago, or Fort of Chicagou, was a seventeenth century temporary fort that may have been located in northeastern Illinois. Though this fort was likely occupied for less than a year around the winter of 1685, the name has become associated with a myth that the French maintained a military garrison at a fort near the mouth of the Chicago River, the future site of Chicago. Although this fort was marked on a number of eighteenth century maps of the area, there is no evidence that it ever existed.

Read more about Fort Of Chicago:  Seventeenth Century Forts in The Chicago Area, The Myth of A French Chicago Fort

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