Fort Presque Isle

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Fort Presque Isle
Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Commemorative plaque of Fort Presque Isle location
Coordinates	42°08′14″N 80°04′46″W / 42.137085°N 80.079374°W / 42.137085; -80.079374
Site information
Controlled by	France 1753–1759 British Empire 1759–1763  United States 1786–1852
Site history
Built	1753
In use	1753–1763; 1786–1852
Demolished	1852
Battles/wars	Pontiac's Rebellion

Fort Presque Isle (also Fort de la Presqu'île) was a fort built by French soldiers in summer 1753 along Presque Isle Bay in present-day Erie, Pennsylvania, to protect the northern terminus of the Venango Path. It was the first of the French posts built in the Ohio Country,^[1] and was part of a line that included Fort Le Boeuf, Fort Machault, and Fort Duquesne.