Listing Type : Naval Port or Anchorage
Location : Canada
Quebec was a French colony between 1534 and 1763, before being handed over by them to the British as part of the Treaty of Paris. The French chose to relinquish New France rather than surrender the sugar producing islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique. Although inland Quebec City haa a port, access through the St Lawrence River.
Quebec City already had a bastioned wall surrounding it but the British moved to improve the defences of Quebec. They embarked on three primary developments:
- A new major fortification overlooking the St Lawrence River, now called the Citadel.
- A line of defence on the southern bank of the St Lawrence River, which included Fort Levi
- A line of four Martello Towers, covering the Western approaches to Quebec
The main threat from 1812 was seen very much as the United States and later the Fenian Forces.