Fort George

Fort George

There are several places called Fort George:

United Kingdom:
* Fort George, Highland - a fortified garrison, constructed from 1748, near Inverness, Scotland
* Fort George, Guernsey - the former garrison of St Peter Port, Guernsey, constructed from 1780

Canada:
* Fort George, Ontario - a 19th century fort in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
* Fort George - site of former Hudson's Bay Company post, near Chisasibi, Quebec
* Fort George - the former name of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
* Fort George (electoral district) was a provincial electoral district centred on the town of Prince George, B.C.
* Fort George, Nova Scotia - a.k.a. Halifax Citadel National Historic Site in Halifax, Nova Scotia
* South Fort George - (formerly Fort George) a suburb of Prince George, British Columbia.

United States:
*Fort George (Colorado) - a frontier trading post also known as Fort Saint Vrain
* Fort George, Florida - a former American Revolutionary War fort in Pensacola, Florida
* Fort George, Maine - a British fort during the American Revolution at Castine, Maine, site of the Penobscot Expedition
* Fort George, Manhattan - a neighborhood in the extreme northern part of Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City
* Fort George, Manhattan - a British fort in New York City during the American Revolution
* Fort George, New York - Five different forts in various parts of New York State built at various times
* Fort George, Oregon - the new name for Fort Astoria after the North West Company purchased it from the Pacific Fur Company in 1813

British Virgin Islands:
* Fort George, Tortola - a fort built at the time of the American war of independence.

Grenada:
* Fort George, Grenada - an eighteenth-century fort in the capital, St. George's

Cayman Islands:
* Fort George, George Town - a heritage site on Grand Cayman

Ship:
* RFA Fort George (A388) – combined fleet stores ship and tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary


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  • Fort George — ist der Name etlicher historischer Festungen, unter anderem: Fort George (Gambia) Fort George (Schottland) Fort George (Kanada) Fort George (New York) Fort George (Französisch Polynesien) Fort George (Florida) Fort George (Grenada) siehe auch:… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Fort George — Fort George, Ortschaft, so v.w. Astoria 2) …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Fort-George —    FORT GEORGE, Inverness.    See Campbelton …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • Fort George — Le premier Fort George fut construit par les Britanniques en 1755 à Oswego (New York). Il fut détruit par le commandant Louis Joseph de Montcalm et son armée française et canadienne en 1756. Le deuxième Fort George fut construit sur le Lac George …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Fort George (New York) — Fort George war der Name von fünf Forts im Staat New York, die heute alle nicht mehr stehen. Eines davon ist jedoch namensgebend für ein Viertel in Upper Manhattan, New York City. Das erste Fort George wurde 1626 in New Amsterdam (auch: Nieuw… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Fort George, New York — was the name of five forts in the state of New York.The first Fort George was built in 1626 in New Amsterdam and named Fort Amsterdam. The British Army occupied it as Fort James from 1664 to 1687. Briefly re occupied by the Dutch from 1673 1674… …   Wikipedia

  • Fort George (Schottland) — Fort George ist eine Festung aus dem 18. Jahrhundert und liegt nordöstlich von Inverness in Nordostschottland auf einer Landzunge am Moray Firth. Das Fort gilt als eine der bedeutendsten, nahezu original erhalten gebliebenen europäischen Anlagen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Fort George (Kanada) — …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Fort George, Tortola — Fort George is a colonial fort which was erected on the northeast edge of Road Town, Tortola in the British Virgin Islands above Baugher s Bay. The site is now a ruin.The original structure is believed by some to have been built at an… …   Wikipedia

  • Fort George (Gambia) — Fort George war eine Festung auf der Binneninsel Janjanbureh Island im Gambia Fluss auf dem Gebiet des heutigen westafrikanischen Staates Gambia. Kapitän Alexander Grant von der Royal African Corps nahm am 14. April 1823 nach Unterzeichnung des… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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