Ermatinger–Clergue National Historic Site, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
<p><b>A Link to Sault Ste. Marie's Past</b>
</p><p>In 1819, fur traders from the North West Company built a magazine for gunpowder storage at their post near the rapids of the St. Marys River. Later, the magazine became part of a Hudson's Bay Company post.
</p><p>In 1894, Francis Hector Clergue built a cantilevered log storey on top of the abandoned powder magazine. Clegue designed this Blockhouse as a replica of an early frontier fort.
</p><p>Clergue went on to develop at Sault Ste. Marie a large group of integrated companies. For a time, the Blockhouse served as his living quarters and office. It is a symbol of the city's heritage and industrial development and F. H. Clergue's entrepreneurial spirit.
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The Clergue Blockhouse was moved to its new location next to the Ermatinger Old Stone House in 1996.
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