Two other military forts were eventually built adjacent to the fort:
Simon Denys Fort (1650-1659) and
Fort Dauphin (1713-1758).
Fort Dauphin - established Fort Dauphin - buried at Fort, 1722 After
Queen Anne's War, French officer
Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville and others established Fort Dauphin in 1713 as the capital of
Ile Royale, prior to the establishment of
Louisbourg. De Rouville played a role in the early settlement of both present-day Englishtown (1719-1722) and
St. Peter's (1713-1718). - died at Fort Dauphin, 1717 As commodore of the fleet,
Edward Tyng led 13 armed vessels and about 90 transports in the successful
Siege of Louisbourg (1745). He participated in the
Capture of the Vigilant and the destruction of Port Dauphin (Englishtown) in June 1745, burning 40 houses and an equal number of vessels. ==References==