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» Also see: Fort Maurepas (Canada).
The settlement of
Fort Maurepas or
Old Biloxi
in colonial French
Louisiana (New France), began in
1699 along the
Gulf of Mexico (at present-day
Ocean Springs, MS).
In 1720, the administrative capital of
French Louisiana was moved to Biloxi (or Bilocci) from
Mobile (or
Mobille). French Louisiana (part of New France) was known in French as
La Louisiane in colonial times, but in modern times is called
"La Louisiane française" to distinguish from the modern state of
Louisiana (also
"Louisiane" in French).
Due to fears of tides and hurricanes in the 1700s, the capital of French Louisiana was later moved by colonial governor
Bienville, in 1723, from Biloxi to a new inland harbor town named
La Nouvelle-Orléans (
New Orleans), built for the purpose during 1718-1722.
In modern times, a replica of Fort Maurepas had been built at the site, but it was badly damaged by
Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, when all coastal areas of Mississippi were devastated by a storm tide exceeding 30 feet (9 m).
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