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Fort William was then not primarily a settlement, but a central transport depot within the now-defunct North West Company's network of fur trade outposts. Due to its central role, Fort William was much larger, with more facilities than the average fur trade post. Reflecting this, Fort William Historical Park contains 42 reconstructed buildings ...
Fort William was a fort in St. John's built in 1698 to protect English interests on Newfoundland, primarily against French opposition. It was the original headquarters of the British garrison in Newfoundland. A second fort, known as Fort George was situated at the east end of the harbour connected by a subterranean passage with Fort William.
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 Wellington [70] 1813 (established) 1920 Prescott: One of the best preserved nineteenth-century fortifications in Canada, the fort protected shipping along the St. Lawrence River during War of 1812: Fort William [71] 1803 (established) 1923 Thunder Bay
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 William First Nation (Ojibwe: Animkii Wajiw [2]) is an Ojibwa First Nation reserve in Ontario, Canada. The administrative headquarters for this band government is south of Thunder Bay . As of January 2008 [update] , the First Nation had a registered population of 1,798 people, of which their on-Reserve population was 832 people.
Downtown Fort William, also known as Downtown Thunder Bay South or the South Core, is the urban core of the former city of Fort William, the southern half of Thunder Bay, Ontario. It is centred on Victoriaville Civic Centre, an indoor shopping mall and civic centre built as part of an urban renewal project in the 1980s. [ 2 ]
Upper Canada: 1796 Fort Henry: Kingston, Ontario: Upper Canada: 1812 Fort Howe: Saint John, New Brunswick: Colony of Nova Scotia 1777 Fort Lawrence: Fort Lawrence, Nova Scotia: Colony of Nova Scotia 1750 Fort Lennox: Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix, Quebec: Lower Canada: 1819 Fort Mississauga: Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario Upper Canada: 1814 Fort ...