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HISTORIC SITES
MONUMENTS
BOARD CANADA

POINTE AU BARIL.

THE BARQUES "IROQUOISE" AND "OUTAOUAISE",
THE LAST FRENCH SHIPS OF WAR THAT NAVI-
GATED LAKE ONTARIO, WERE BUILT ON THIS
POINT, THEN CALLED POINTE AU BARIL.

ON 17TH AUGUST, 1760, THE OUTAOUAISE,
COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN LA BROQUERIE,
WAS TAKEN AFTER A GALLANT FIGHT, BY
FIVE BRITISH ROW GALLEYS, UNDER
COLONEL GEORGE WILLIAMSON.

LES BARQUES "IROQUOISE" ET "OUTAOUAISE",
DERNIERS VAISSEAUX DE GUERRE FRANÇAIS
QUI AIENT NAVIGUÉ SUR LE LAC ONTARIO,
FURENT CONSTRUITES SUR CETTE POINTE,
APPELÉE ALORS POINTE AU BARIL.

L’OUTAOUAISE COMMANDÉE PAR LE CAPI-
TAINE LA BROQUERIE, FUT CAPTURÉE
LE 17 AOUT 1760. APRES UN COMBAT
ACHARNÉ, PAR CINQ GALERES ANGLAISES
SOUS LES ORDRES DU COLONEL GEORGE
WILLIAMSON.

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THIS SITE DONATED
BY
HERBERT BARBER

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THIS IS THE SITE OF
THE FRENCH FORT &
SHIPYARD
NEW OSWEGATCHIE
CAPTURED BY THE
BRITISH UNDER GEN. AMHERST IN 1760

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