Inside and Outside
The fort contained three barracks and four storehouses. One bastion held a bakery capable of producing 60 loaves of bread a day. A powder magazine was hacked out of the bedrock beneath the Joannes bastion. All the construction within the fort was of stone.
A wooden palisade protected an area outside the fort between the southern wall and the lake shore. This area contained the main landing for the fort and additional storage facilities and other works necessary for maintenance of the fort. When it became apparent in 1756 that the fort was too far to the west of the lake, the French constructed an additional redoubt to the east to enable cannon to cover the lake's narrows.
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Officers' barracks, right; soldiers' barracks, left
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Inside the first wall; officers' barracks at left, soldiers' barracks at right
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Store room and powder magazine (now Mars Education Center); soldiers' barracks at right
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Front of the fort
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View of the lake from the front
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Back view of the fort
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