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Fort Albany
(Encyclopedia)Fort Albany, Canadian fur-trading post, N Ont., at the mouth of the Albany River on James Bay. It was founded (before 1682) by the Hudson's Bay Company as one of its earliest forts. In the Anglo-Frenc...Fort Erie
(Encyclopedia)Fort Erie, town (2020 pop. 30,710,), S Ont., Canada, on the Niagara River, opposite Buffalo, N.Y. A number of branch factories of U.S. firms are in the ...Fort Riley
(Encyclopedia)Fort Riley, U.S. military post, 5,760 acres (2,331 hectares), NE Kans., on the Kansas River; est. 1852 to protect travelers on the Santa Fe Trail from attack by Native Americans. Located near the geog...Raleigh, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Raleigh, Fort: see Roanoke Island. ...Fort-Bayard
(Encyclopedia)Fort-Bayard: see Zhanjiang, China. ...Fort-Lamy
(Encyclopedia)Fort-Lamy: see Ndjamena, Chad.Timucan Ecological and Historic Preserve
(Encyclopedia)Timucan Ecological and Historic Preserve: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Marion, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Marion, Fort: see Saint Augustine, Fla. ...Fort Frontenac
(Encyclopedia)Fort Frontenac: see Kingston, Ont., Canada. ...Fort Lennox
(Encyclopedia)Fort Lennox: see Île-aux-Noix.Browse by Subject
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