Le fort Rémy, d'abord appelé fort de Lachine, est un avant-poste, érigé dans les années 1670, à l'ouest de Ville-Marie servant de refuge aux habitants de Lachine [1].

Au cours des années 1670, le fort est renommé fort Rémy en l'honneur du premier curé de la paroisse Pierre Rémy (1636-1726). Les habitants de Lachine essuient une importante attaque menée en 1689 par les Iroquois.

Fort Rémy, in fact, sheltered a trading post, while protecting the inhabitants against attacks, particularly in 1689, at the time of the "Lachine massacre". However, the signing of the Great Peace Treaty of Montreal in 1701 abolished the need to maintain a fortified site at that location.

Fort Remy, located at Lachine, was a site of capital importance in the times of fur trade. It was known as the fort of Lachine, but it was renamed honour of Father Remy, priest of the parish of Saints-Anges of Lachine.

The Lachine massacre, part of the Beaver Wars, occurred when 1,500 Mohawk warriors launched a surprise attack against the small (375 inhabitants) settlement of Lachine, New France, at the upper end of Montreal Island, on the morning of 5 August 1689.

Fort Remy is also known as Fort Lachine. On the day following the massacre at Lachine, the morning of the 6 th of August 1689, La Plante found himself at Fort Remy, near the old church. [See 2011 genealogical research in Montreal and LaPrairie at: Genealogy Research]

Fort Remy was a site of special importance to the fur trade. It was known as the fort of Lachine, but it was renamed in honor of Father Remy, priest of the parish of Saints-Anges of Lachine. The fort was built between 1672 and 1673.

An archeological heritage site, it contains the remains of the former Fort de Lachine, also known as Fort Rémy.

In the 19th century, the village of Fort Rémy (LaSalle Borough) was gradually abandoned. By 1850, only a few families were still living around the old church built in 1701. Some residents wanted to have a new church built on the bank of the canal, but they couldn’t agree on a location.

This plaque is found on a small model of the first church of Lachine built within the walls of Fort Remy. It states that Pierre Remy was pastor here from 1680 until 1706. It is here that Guillaume Daoust married Marie-Madeleine Lalonde on February 18, 1686.