Kaniatarahontsi

Kaniatarahontsi lies near the Saint Lawrence River and the mouth of the Oswegatchie. In 1749 the Sulpician missionary François Picquet founded La Présentation at that confluence. A fortified mission grew there, drawing Haudenosaunee and other Indigenous families into a community allied with France. The British captured the post in 1760 and called it Fort Oswegatchie; their garrison remained until 1796.