Magasin Royal

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Map of French trading posts near the Humber River

Magasin royal (French for 'royal store') was the generic name given to a trading post under the purview of the King of France. The name also applied specifically to two trading posts that were built during the 18th century for French fur trading near the Humber River in the Pays d'en Haut region of New France, in present-day Toronto, Ontario, Canada. According to Ron Brown, author of From Queenston to Kingston: The Hidden Heritage of Lake Ontario's Shoreline, the fort was "little more than a log cabin", and archeologists considered it "the first non-aboriginal building in the Toronto area".^[1]

Fort Douville

The first trading post was built in 1720 near present-day Baby Point along the Humber River at Old Mill.^[2] It was built by Philippe Dagneau dit Douville, sieur de la Saussaye, and it is commonly known as Fort Douville. The wooden magazine was similar to the one built in Lewiston, New York (likely the French forts or trading post located now in Fort Niagara). The trading post was abandoned sometime after the British Fort Oswego was completed in 1727. The lack of other records suggests that there was no permanent settlement in the Toronto area between 1730 and 1750.^[3]

Fort Toronto

In April 1750, Antoine Louis Rouillé gave permission to build a small, fortified, trading post on the east bank of the Rivière Toronto (now the Humber River), near its mouth on Lake Ontario.^[4] This post was meant to divert trade from the British Fort Oswego. It is commonly referred to as Fort Portneuf after the French military officer who had been instructed to build it, Pierre Robineau de Portneuf (1708–1761). This post is also known as Fort Toronto, and it was immediately successful in trading with the First Nations.

Given the success of Fort Toronto, plans were made in August 1750 to build a larger trading post nearby. From the autumn of 1750 to April 1751, the larger trading post was built to the east of the Humber River.^[2] The new post was named Fort Rouillé and was in operation until 1759;^[2] Portneuf was the first commandant of Fort Rouillé. The subsequent two trading forts were later destroyed by the French forces withdrawing from the area, during the Seven Years' War.

For a time after the defeat of the French, Canadian-born French Canadian fur trader Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (1758–1812) lived in a house near Fort Portneuf from 1792. After the establishment of Upper Canada in 1793, the land along the east bank of the Humber River was reserved for timber for a saw mill. Rousseau accepted a land grant at Head of the Lake near Ancaster in 1795, and he moved his family there to continue his trading with the First Nations peoples.

References

^ Ron Brown (2010). From Queenston to Kingston: The Hidden Heritage of Lake Ontario's Shoreline. Dundurn Press. pp. 93–94. ISBN 9781770705326. Retrieved 2020-05-17. Le Magasin Royale, a log fort that had been situated at Baby Point, farther up the Humber River, was built in 1720 under the orders of the then French governor of Canada, the Marquis Philippe Rigaud de Vaudreuil. Little more than a log cabin, it is considered by archeologists to the first non-aboriginal building in the Toronto area. The strategic significance of the route, the expansion of the French fur trade, and the increasing competition from the English on the south shore of the lake led the French to build a larger trading post, known as Fort Toronto, near its mouth, as a replacement for Le Magasin Royale. Constructed by Chevalier de Portneuf between 1830 and 1740, Fort Toronto was in turn replaced by an even larger fort, Fort Rouille, located on what are today's CNE grounds, a site marked by an historic monument and plaque. After 1750, when the French had destroyed all their Lake Ontario fortification, the ruins of the earlier Fort Toronto were resurrected by fur trader Jean Bonaventure Rousseau, and run by his son Jean Baptiste Rousseau, or "St. John," as Lieutenant Governor Simcoe called him.
^ ^a ^b ^c Urban Change in Toronto: A Timeline
^ Robinson, Percy James (1933). Toronto During the French Régime. Toronto: The Ryerson Press. p. 90.
^ Asselin, Jean-Pierre (1974). "Robinau de Portneuf, Pierre". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. III (1741–1770) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.

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[Queenston2Kingston-1] Ron Brown (2010). From Queenston to Kingston: The Hidden Heritage of Lake Ontario's Shoreline. Dundurn Press. pp. 93–94. ISBN 9781770705326. Retrieved 2020-05-17. Le Magasin Royale, a log fort that had been situated at Baby Point, farther up the Humber River, was built in 1720 under the orders of the then French governor of Canada, the Marquis Philippe Rigaud de Vaudreuil. Little more than a log cabin, it is considered by archeologists to the first non-aboriginal building in the Toronto area. The strategic significance of the route, the expansion of the French fur trade, and the increasing competition from the English on the south shore of the lake led the French to build a larger trading post, known as Fort Toronto, near its mouth, as a replacement for Le Magasin Royale. Constructed by Chevalier de Portneuf between 1830 and 1740, Fort Toronto was in turn replaced by an even larger fort, Fort Rouille, located on what are today's CNE grounds, a site marked by an historic monument and plaque. After 1750, when the French had destroyed all their Lake Ontario fortification, the ruins of the earlier Fort Toronto were resurrected by fur trader Jean Bonaventure Rousseau, and run by his son Jean Baptiste Rousseau, or "St. John," as Lieutenant Governor Simcoe called him.

[Toronto-timeline-2] Urban Change in Toronto: A Timeline

[3] Robinson, Percy James (1933). Toronto During the French Régime. Toronto: The Ryerson Press. p. 90.

[4] Asselin, Jean-Pierre (1974). "Robinau de Portneuf, Pierre". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. III (1741–1770) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.

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