The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History
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The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History
Canada -- Biography; Canada -- History
=Fort George.= At mouth of Columbia. =Index=: =D= Astoria renamed, 149.
=Fort Gibraltar.= =MS= Built by North West Company, on site of Winnipeg,
99; begun in 1804, 158; captured by Colin Robertson, 178, and
dismantled, 179. =Bib.=: Bryce, _Hudson's Bay Company_ and _Five Forts
of Winnipeg_.
=Fort Glenora.= =D= Hudson's Bay Company post, built on Upper Stikine
River, 121.
=Fort Grey.= =Bk= American fort opposite Queenston, 300, 305.
=Fort Halkett.= =D= Hudson's Bay Company post, built on branch of Liard
River, 123.
=Fort Hope.= On Fraser River. =Index=: =D= Hudson's Bay Company post,
founded shortly after Fort Yale, 186.
=Fort Kamloops= (=Fort Thompson=). =D= Hudson's Bay Company post, built
in 1813, 98.
=Fort Kootenay.= On Kootenay River, built 1807. Otherwise known as
Kootenay House. =Index=: =D= Built by David Thompson, 58. =Bib.=:
Burpee, _Search for the Western Sea_.
=Fort Langley.= =D= Hudson's Bay Company post, built on Lower Fraser
River, 1827, 116. =Bib.=: Bancroft, _History of British Columbia_.
=Fort Lawrence.= Built in 1750, on Chignecto Bay, three miles south of
Beauséjour, where the French shortly after built a rival fort. Fort
Lawrence became headquarters of the expedition sent in 1755, under
Monckton, to capture Fort Beauséjour. =Bib.=: Parkman, _Montcalm and
Wolfe_; Hannay, _History of Acadia_.
=Fort Le Boeuf.= =WM= Established communication with Lake Erie, 22.
=Fort Liard.= =D= Hudson's Bay Company post, built on Liard River, 123;
pillaged by Indians, and traders murdered, 123.
=Fort Loyal= (=Casco Bay=). =F= Captured by Canadians, 252. =L= Taken by
Canadians, 229.
=Fort Machault.= =WM= Established communication with Lake Erie, 22, 122.
=Fort McLeod.= On McLeod Lake, British Columbia. =Index=: =D= North West
Company post, first permanent trading-post built in British Columbia,
west of the mountains, 97-98. =Bib.=: Morice, _Northern Interior of
British Columbia_.
=Fort McLoughlin.= On Milbank Sound, British Columbia. =Index=: =D=
Hudson's Bay Company post, built by Finlayson, Manson, and Anderson,
1833, 117; moved to head of Vancouver Island and renamed Fort Rupert,
122; abandoned, 1843, 178-179. =Bib.=: Bancroft, _History of British
Columbia_.
=Fort Miami.= =WM= On Miami River, 22. =Bk= Reconstruction of, by order
of Lord Dorchester, 53. =S= Erected by Simcoe at rapids of Miami River,
136; measure strongly objected to by Americans, 137; General Wayne
demands evacuation of, which Major Campbell, officer in command,
refuses, 139; occupation of not approved by home government, 142.
=Fort Mumford.= =D= Hudson's Bay Company post, built on Upper Stikine
River, 121.
=Fort Nanaimo.= East coast Vancouver Island. =Index=: =D= Hudson's Bay
Company post, built in 1852, 191. =Bib.=: Walbran, _British Columbia
Coast Names_.
=Fort Necessity.= =WM= Battle at, 22.
=Fort Nelson.= =D= Hudson's Bay Company post, built on eastern branch of
Liard River, 123.
=Fort Nelson.= _See_ York Factory.
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