"1753" . "Fort Presque Isle"@en . . . . "Fort Presque Isle (also Fort de la Presqu'\u00EEle) was a fort built by French soldiers in summer 1753 along Presque Isle Bay at present-day Erie, Pennsylvania, to protect the northern terminus of the Venango Path. It was the first of the French posts built in the Ohio Country, and was part of a line that included Fort Le Boeuf, Fort Machault, and Fort Duquesne."@en . .