Michigan historical collections . ver, the new fort. Fort Lernoult, had been erected, so thatit was hardly proper to refer to Detroit as a fort under any circum-stances. Bonnes map gives the name as Fort du Detroit and also locatesFort du Luth, as in Bellins map of 1764. It is possible that after the destruction of Fort St. Joseph by BaronLaHontan, there was another post established on the opposite side ofthe river, as is indicated on Bellins map, and that this was called FortDuluth or perhaps Detroit, sometimes, and is the place over whichLongueil was commandant in 1700. This may be possible,
Michigan historical collections . ver, the new fort. Fort Lernoult, had been erected, so thatit was hardly proper to refer to Detroit as a fort under any circum-stances. Bonnes map gives the name as Fort du Detroit and also locatesFort du Luth, as in Bellins map of 1764. It is possible that after the destruction of Fort St. Joseph by BaronLaHontan, there was another post established on the opposite side ofthe river, as is indicated on Bellins map, and that this was called FortDuluth or perhaps Detroit, sometimes, and is the place over whichLongueil was commandant in 1700. This may be possible, but it ishardly probable, for the expedition of Cadillac passed by this placeon its descent in 1701, and it would be highly improbable that nomention would be made of the visit, especially as his troops were onthe verge of d(^sertion at that time, and the priest, Vaillant, would nothave permitted such an opportunity of succeeding in his discontentto have escaped him. By far the most interesting and important map that I have seen. 282 ANNUAL MEETING, 1899. In the Nieuwe Kaart Van Kanada, 1769, Staat Van Amerika, III,427, Fort Pontcliartrain is located. Hennepins Carte dun Nouveau Monde gives no place on thestrait. The map was published in 1G98. Sayer and Jefferys reproduction of DAnvilles North America (Win-sors Mississippi basin, 116) gives Fort Pontchartrain. General map of British middle colonies, 1776, (Id., p. 118) gives FortDetroit. Fort Pontchartrain, only, is indicated on Bellins map of 1774, repro-duced in Sheas Chairlevoix, vol. 6. In Bellins atlas of 1764, vol. 1, on plate 4, the fort and village ofDetroit are located and Fort DuLuth is also located on the easterlyside of the St. Clair river nearly at Lake Huron; on plate 6 is givenVille du Detroit. Plate 12 is entirely devoted to the Detroit riverfrom Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie, showing the village of Detroit, andthere is annexed a Plan du Fort du Detroit, accurately drawn, show-ing the location of all the streets
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