After years of research, officials at Montreal’s archaeology and history museum say they’re now able to pinpoint the precise location of the city’s first European settlement.
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Although archaeologists have been digging the Fort Ville-Marie site for years, a recent discovery has allowed them to confirm the exact dimensions of the structure that housed the city’s early colonial settlers.
An archaeologist with the Pointe-à-Calliere museum said the discovery of a key palisade in 2015 allowed the team to fully visualize where the fort’s walls had been.
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Louise Pothier said 250,000 artifacts have also been found on the site since digging began back in 2002.
Ville-Marie was established as a Catholic mission in 1642, and Montreal was incorporated as a city in 1832.
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The city hopes to make the site accessible to the public in time for Montreal’s 375th birthday next year.
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