List of French forts in North America

This is a list of forts in New France built by the French government or French chartered companies in what later became Canada, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States.

They range from large European-type citadels like at Quebec City to tiny fur-trade posts.

[3] The French forts in Canada were located from the Atlantic Ocean to as far west as the confluence of the North and South Saskatchewan rivers, and as far north as James Bay.

The forts were located on waterways to provide transport of fur back east to Montreal or Quebec City.

The French forts built in what is now the United States, were part of a series of forts built from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi delta; as far west as Kansas, as far east as Maine.