ansport post, 58-59; had a
blockhouse enclosed with palisades, 59. =Bib.=: Lucas, _Canadian War of
1812_.
=Fort Churchill.= _See_ Prince of Wales Fort.
=Fort Colville.= =D= Distributing point for Upper Columbia and Kootenay,
Hudson's Bay Company post, 77; centre of Columbia trade, 77; founded,
1825-1826, 116.
=Fort Conolly.= In northern British Columbia. =Index=: =D= Hudson's Bay
Company post, built on Bear Lake, 104.
=Fort Crevecoeur.= =L= Established by La Salle in Illinois country, 148;
attacked by Iroquois, 149. =F= Built by La Salle, 160. =Bib.=: Parkman,
_La Salle_; Sulte, _Les Tonty_ (R. S. C., 1893).
=Fort Dearborn= (=Chicago=). =Bk= Captured by Indians, 266.
=Fort Dease.= On Dease Lake. =Index=: =D= Built by Robert Campbell in
1838, 123-124; burned by natives, 124.
=Fort de Chartres.= =WM= On the Mississippi, 22.
=Fort Douglas.= On Red River, about two miles below mouth of
Assiniboine. =Index=: =MS= Built by John McLeod, 176, 177; seized by
Cuthbert Grant, 182; retaken by the De Meurons, 191. =Bib.=: Bryce,
_Five Forts of Winnipeg._
=Fort Duquesne.= =WM= At junction of Alleghany and Monongahela Rivers,
22; battle at, 22. =Hd= Name changed to Fort Pitt by Bouquet, 16; plans
for recapture of, 25-26. =Bib.=: Parkman, _Montcalm and Wolfe_.
=Fort Edward.= =WM= General Webb in command at, 45.
=Fort Erie.= On Niagara River, opposite Buffalo. =Index=: =S= Military
post in 1782, 51. =Bk= New fort planned by General Hunter, 59. =Bib.=:
Lucas, _Canadian War of 1812_.
=Fort Essington.= On the British Columbia coast. Used by the Hudson's
Bay Company as an intermediate post between Fort McLoughlin and Fort
Simpson. =Index=: =D= Built by Hudson's Bay Company in 1835, 118.
=Bib.=: Bancroft, _History of British Columbia_.
=Fort Fraser.= In northern British Columbia. =Index=: =D= North West
Company post, built on Fraser Lake, 98.
=Fort Frontenac.= =F= Erected at Cataraqui, 83; conceded to La Salle,
156; seized by La Barre, 178; restored to La Salle, 179; Dongan demands
its destruction, 218; Denonville gives orders for blowing it up, 288;
order partially carried out, 234; repaired, 234; rebuilt, 341. =WM=
Protected outlet of Great Lakes, 17. =L= Recollet mission at, 111. =BL=
Name altered to Kingston by the British, 73. _See also_ Cataraqui;
Kingston. =Bib.=: Parkman, _Frontenac_ and _La Salle_; Sulte, _Le Fort
de Frontenac_ (R. S. C., 1901).
=Fort Garry.= At junction of Red and Assiniboine River
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