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==History== [[Image:Vallée des forts, 1666.JPG|thumb|left|Map of Fort Sainte-Anne and other forts on the Richelieu River, {{circa|1666}}]] [[File:SamuelDeChamplainStatueILMVT.JPG|thumb|left|Statue of Champlain and guide on Isle La Motte]] On July 9, 1609, [[Samuel de Champlain]] debarked on the island.<ref name="firstcommissionreport">{{cite news| title =1st Report of the 1909 Champlain Tercentenary Celebration Commission| publisher =Hudson River Maritime Museum| date =March 23, 1908| url =http://www.hrmm.org/quad/1909champlain/1streport.html| access-date =April 15, 2007| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070927120127/http://www.hrmm.org/quad/1909champlain/1streport.html| archive-date =September 27, 2007}}</ref> In 1665, the French began building a series of forts along the [[Richelieu River]] to protect [[New France]] from the [[Iroquois]].<ref>{{cite book | author = Hahn, Michael |title = Vintage Cabin Fever: First Vermont Winter for Europeans | publisher = Northland Journal |date=February 2007}}</ref> From north to south these were [[Fort Richelieu]], [[Fort Chambly]], and [[Fort Sainte Thérèse]]. Four companies of the [[Carignan-Salières Regiment]] were sent from [[Quebec City]] to extend these forts further south, under Captain [[Pierre La Motte]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA166 | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=166}}</ref> They built a trail connecting Fort Sainte Thérèse and [[Fort Chambly|Fort Saint-Louis (Chambly)]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://habitantheritage.org/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/GL_Timeline_-_Part_4_-_July_1663_-1668.2732922.pdf |title=French-Canadian Exploration, Missionary Work, and Fur Trading in Hudson Bay, the Great Lakes,... |publisher=The French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan |access-date=June 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630160203/http://habitantheritage.org/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/GL_Timeline_-_Part_4_-_July_1663_-1668.2732922.pdf |archive-date=June 30, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1666, [[Fort Saint-Jean (Quebec)|Fort Saint-Jean]] and the farthest south [[Fort Sainte Anne (Vermont)|Fort Sainte Anne]] on Isle La Motte were added.<ref>{{cite book | author =Boréal Express|title = Canada.Québec | publisher = Éditions du Renouveau Pédagogique Inc.| year = 1977}}</ref> The fort included [[Saint Anne's Shrine]]. Both the fort and chapel were dedicated to [[Saint Anne]]. In 1668, the bishop of Quebec, [[François de Laval]], came to Isle La Motte to baptise a number of Iroquois to Christianity. Even after the abandonment of the fort, the shrine continued to give mass to worshipers. The fort was the first European settlement in what is now Vermont.<ref name="hideawayislands">{{cite news |last = Shulevitz |first = Judith |title = Champlain's Hideaway Islands |newspaper = [[New York Times]] |date = August 5, 1990 |url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE1DB1539F936A3575BC0A966958260&sec=travel&spon=&pagewanted=1 |access-date = April 15, 2007}}</ref> Fort Saint Anne was the one most vulnerable to attack. The fort was garrisoned by about 300 French soldiers over the next four years, and the troops were then pulled back to Québec after they had destroyed the fort. In 1746, a party of Mohawks under [[Hendrick Theyanoguin]], returning from a conference with the Governor of New France in Montreal, attacked a group of Frenchmen at Isle La Motte before returning to Albany. The incident was followed by Mohawk raids along the St. Lawrence River in 1747.<ref>''Hamilton, Milton W. (1974). "Theyanoguin". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). [[Dictionary of Canadian Biography]]. Vol. III (1741–1770) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.'' Retrieved August 1, 2022. </ref> In the mid-1800s, orchards, vineyards, and dairy farms flourished on the island, which was then connected to the mainland by ferry during the warmer months and by foot or wagon over the ice in winter. In November 1802, Isle La Motte was renamed to "Vineyard," but the original name was restored in November 1830.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, Vermont: With illustrations and biographical sketches of some of the prominent men and pioneers. |url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924028837544#page/n115/ |page=113}}</ref> In 1878, the town was incorporated for the sole purpose of building a bridge to [[Alburgh (town), Vermont|Alburgh]] that was completed in 1882.<ref>{{cite web| title=Town of Isle La Motte, Vermont 05463| url=http://islelamotte.us/| publisher=Town of Isle La Motte, Vermont 05463| access-date=June 28, 2015}}</ref> Fisk Farm was the site at which the Vermont Fish and Game League was addressed in August 1897 by President [[William McKinley]] and in September 1901 by [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]], who had learned of the shooting of McKinley, who later died.
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