Ouiatenon Blockhouse
Fort Ouiatenon, built in 1717, was the first fortified European settlement in what is now Indiana, United States. It was a palisade stockade with log blockhouse used as a French trading post on the Wabash River located approximately three miles southwest of modern-day West Lafayette.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Museum
- Description: first fortified European fort in Indiana
- Also known as: “Fort Ouiatenon”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Purdue University Airport and Earhart Hall.
Purdue University Airport
Aerodrome
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Purdue University Airport is a public-use airport in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States. It is owned by Purdue University, and is 2 nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Lafayette, Indiana, in West Lafayette.
Earhart Hall
Dormitory
Earhart Hall is one of the sixteen residential halls within Purdue University, located on 1275 First Street facing First Street Tower and behind Shreve Hall. Earhart Hall is situated 2½ miles northeast of Ouiatenon Blockhouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ouiatanon and Shadeland.
Ouiatanon
Locality
Ouiatenon was a dwelling place of members of the Wea tribe of Native Americans. The name Ouiatenon, also variously given as Ouiatanon, Oujatanon, Ouiatano or other similar forms, is a French rendering of a term from the Wea dialect of the Miami-Illinois language which means "place of the people of the whirlpool", an ethnonym for the Wea.
Shadeland
Village
Shadeland is a town in Union Township, Tippecanoe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 1,610 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. Shadeland is situated 2½ miles south of Ouiatenon Blockhouse.
West Lafayette
Town
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West Lafayette is a city in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States. The population was 44,595 at the 2020 census. West Lafayette sits across the Wabash River from its sister city, Lafayette, and is a college town, home to Purdue University. West Lafayette is situated 3 miles northeast of Ouiatenon Blockhouse.
Ouiatenon Blockhouse
- Categories: fort, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Wabash Township, Tippecanoe, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.40636° or 40° 24′ 23″ northLongitude
-86.96361° or 86° 57′ 49″ westElevation
525 feet (160 metres)Operator
Tippecanoe Historical SocietyOpen location code
86GMC24P+GHOpenStreetMap ID
way 1205112640OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Ouiatenon Blockhouse” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fort Ouiatenon”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن اوياتينون”
- French: “fort Ouiatenon”
- French: “Fort Ouiatenon”
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