Fort Saint Joseph was a historic fort near present day Niles, Michigan. Built by the French in 1691 near the mouth of the Saint Joseph River, the fort was located along the Old Sauk Trail , a major east-west Native American trail. Fort Saint Joseph became the main French and British stronghold at the southern end of Lake Michigan. The fort was important in equipping the Miami, Potawatomi, and other First Nations who were at war with the United States during the American Revolutionary War and the War of the Wabash Confederacy. It was not abandoned by the British until the signing of Jay's Treaty in 1795.
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