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(Encyclopedia) Fort Erie, town (2020 pop. 30,710,), S Ont., Canada, on the Niagara River, opposite Buffalo, N.Y. A number of branch factories of U.S. firms are in the ...

(Encyclopedia) Fort Riley, U.S. military post, 5,760 acres (2,331 hectares), NE Kans., on the Kansas River; est. 1852 to protect travelers on the Santa Fe Trail from attack by Native Americans. Located near the geog...

(Encyclopedia) Fort-de-France fôr-də-fräNs [key], city, capital of the French overseas dept. of Martinique, West Indies. It is a ...

(Encyclopedia) William Henry, Fort: see Fort William Henry. ...

(Encyclopedia) Fort-Bayard: see Zhanjiang, China. ...

(Encyclopedia) Fort-Lamy: see Ndjamena, Chad.

(Encyclopedia) Raleigh, Fort: see Roanoke Island. ...

(Encyclopedia) Fort William Henry, at the southern end of Lake George, NE N.Y.; built by the English in 1755. In 1757, during the last conflict of the French and Indian Wars, it was captured and destroyed by the Fre...

(Encyclopedia) Marion, Fort: see Saint Augustine, Fla. ...

(Encyclopedia) Fort Frontenac: see Kingston, Ont., Canada. ...