Columbia Encyclopedia

Search results

500 results found

Fort Frontenac

(Encyclopedia)Fort Frontenac: see Kingston, Ont., Canada. ...

Fort Lennox

(Encyclopedia)Fort Lennox: see Île-aux-Noix.

Fort William

(Encyclopedia)Fort William: see Thunder Bay, Ont., Canada. ...

George, Fort

(Encyclopedia)George, Fort: see Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. ...

Dix, Fort

(Encyclopedia)Dix, Fort: see Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. ...

Fort Dix

(Encyclopedia)Fort Dix: see Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. ...

Fort Polk

(Encyclopedia)Fort Polk, U.S. army post, 200,000 acres (80,937 hectares), SW La.; est. 1941 and named for the Rev. Leonidas Polk. It is a major army warm-weather training center. ...

Fort Myers

(Encyclopedia)Fort Myers, city (2020 pop. 86,395), seat of Lee co., SW Fla., on the Caloosahatchee River, near the Gulf of Mexico; founded 1850, inc. 1905. It has a t...

Fort Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Fort Thomas, city (2020 pop. 15,999), Campbell co., N Ky., on the Ohio River, a residential suburb S of Cincinnati, Ohio; inc. 1867. The city was named ...

Fort Benning

(Encyclopedia)Fort Benning, U.S. army post, 189,000 acres (76,500 hectares), W Ga., S of Columbus; est. 1918. One of the largest army posts in the United States, it is the nation's largest infantry training center ...

Browse by Subject