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Fort William Historical Park (formerly known as Old Fort William) is a Canadian historical site located in Thunder Bay, Ontario, that contains a reconstruction of the Fort William fur trade post as it existed in 1815. It officially opened on July 3, 1973.
Fort William was a city in Ontario, Canada, located on the Kaministiquia River, at its entrance to Lake Superior. It amalgamated with Port Arthur and the townships of Neebing and McIntyre to form the city of Thunder Bay in January 1970.
Fort William and Rainy River, a federal electoral district from 1917 to 1925; Fort William First Nation, an Ojibwa First Nation reserve; Fort William Gardens, a multi-purpose arena in Thunder Bay, Ontario; Fort William Historical Park, historical re-creation of the original Fort William (Ontario) on the Kaministiquia River; Fort William ...
Fort Laramie (/ ˈ l ær ə m i /; founded as Fort William and known for a while as Fort John) was a significant 19th-century trading post, diplomatic site, and military installation located at the confluence of the Laramie and the North Platte Rivers. They joined in the upper Platte River Valley in the eastern part of the present-day US state ...
It was initially abandoned by William Bent in 1849. The fort was reconstructed in 1976 and is open to the public. The area of the fort was designated a National Historic Site under the National Park Service on June 3, 1960. It was further designated a National Historic Landmark later that year on December 19, 1960. [5] [6] [7]
The entrance sign to Fort William Park. Fort Williams Park is a 90-acre park in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, encompassing numerous historical sites.Famous for having Portland Head Light on its grounds, the park also encompasses the decommissioned and largely demolished United States Army post Fort Williams, which was operational during World War I and World War II.
Fort William [a] is a town in the Lochaber region of the Scottish Highlands, located on the eastern shore of Loch Linnhe in the Highland Council of Scotland.. At the 2011 census, Fort William had a population of 15,757, making it the second-largest settlement both in the Highland council area and in the whole of the Scottish Highlands; only the city of Inverness has a larger population.
The park preserves the restored 1844 army military outpost, Fort Wilkins, which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. [4] The state park 's 987 acres (399 ha) include camping and day-use facilities as well as the Copper Harbor Lighthouse , built in 1866. [ 3 ]