Fort de Buade

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Fort de Buade
Museum of Ojibwa Culture
Type	Fort
Site information
Controlled by	New France
Site history
Built	1683
In use	1683-1701
Battles/wars	Iroquois Wars - War with the English

Fort de Buade Informational Designation
Location	396 North State Street St. Ignace, Michigan
Coordinates	45°52′07″N 84°43′45″W / 45.868691°N 84.729137°W / 45.868691; -84.729137
Michigan State Historic Site
Designated	September 25, 1956
Location within the state of Michigan

Fort de Buade was a French fort in the present U.S. state of Michigan's Upper Peninsula across the Straits of Mackinac from the northern tip of lower Michigan's "mitten". It was garrisoned between 1683 and 1701. The city of St. Ignace developed at the site, which also had the historic St. Ignace Mission founded by Jesuits. The fort was named after New France's governor at the time, Louis de Buade de Frontenac.