Fort William
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Fort William may refer to:
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In Canada:
- Fort William, OntarioFort William, OntarioFort William was a city in Northern Ontario, 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. Ever since then it has been the largest city in Northwestern...
, a Canadian city which, together with Port Arthur, became part of Thunder Bay in 1970- Fort William (electoral district)Fort William (electoral district)Fort William was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1979. It was located in the province of Ontario...
, a related Canadian federal electoral district - Fort William Historical ParkFort William Historical ParkFort William Historical Park 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...
, historical re-creation of the original Fort William (Ontario) on the Kaministiquia River - Fort William GardensFort William GardensThe Fort William Gardens is a 4,690-capacity multi-purpose arena, in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. It opened in 1951.Previous tenants include the Thunder Bay Flyers, of the 'Junior A' United States Hockey League, the Thunder Bay Senators/Thunder Bay Thunder Cats, of the Colonial Hockey League and...
, a multi-purpose arena in Thunder Bay, Ontario
- Fort William (electoral district)
- Fort William, NewfoundlandFort William, NewfoundlandFort William was a fort in St. John's built in 1698 to protect English interests in 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...
- Fort William, Nova Scotia
- Fort William, a community and historic site along the Ottawa River in Sheenboro, QuebecSheenboro, QuebecSheenboro is a village and municipality in the Outaouais region, part of the Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. Its territory stretches along the north shore of the Ottawa River from Chichester to Rapides-des-Joachims....
In Ghana:
- Fort William (Ghana), a fort in Cape CoastCape CoastCape Coast, or Cabo Corso, is the capital of the Central Region of Ghana and is also the capital city of the Fante people, or Mfantsefo. It is situated 165 km west of Accra on the Gulf of Guinea. It has a population of 82,291 . From the 16th century the city has changed hands between the...
In India:
- Fort William, IndiaFort William, IndiaFort William is a fort built in Calcutta on the Eastern banks of the River Hooghly, the major distributary of the River Ganges, during the early years of the Bengal Presidency of British India. It was named after King William III of England...
, a fort in the Indian city of Calcutta
In Scotland:
- Fort William, ScotlandFort William, ScotlandFort William is the second largest settlement in the highlands of Scotland and the largest town: only the city of Inverness is larger.Fort William is a major tourist centre with Glen Coe just to the south, Aonach Mòr to the north and Glenfinnan to the west, on the Road to the Isles...
, a town in Scotland- Fort William Shinty ClubFort William Shinty ClubFort William Shinty Club is a shinty club from Fort William, Lochaber, Scotland. The first team were Camanachd Cup holders four times in succession, between 2007 and 2010 but were knocked out in the second round in 2011...
, a shinty team
- Fort William Shinty Club
In Jersey:
- A fort in Gorey above Fort HenryFort HenryFort Henry is the name of:*Fort Henry , a 1646 fort near present-day Petersburg, Virginia*Fort Henry , a 1774 fort near present–day Wheeling, West Virginia...
In the United States:
- Fort William, Massachusetts, a former name for the current Fort Independence in Boston Harbor
- Fort AmsterdamFort AmsterdamFor the historic fort on the island of Saint Martin, see Fort Amsterdam Fort Amsterdam was a fort on the southern tip of Manhattan that was the administrative headquarters for the Dutch and then British rule of New York from...
, (once named Fort William), New York City - Fort William (Colorado), a frontier trading post also known as Bent's Old Fort
- Fort William (Florida)
- Fort William (Kentucky)Fort William (Kentucky)Fort William was a pioneer fort in Kentucky established in 1785 by Colonel William Christian and Anne Christian. William Christian directed the defense of what is now Louisville from attacks by the Indians. The fort was in the area of Jefferson County near St. Matthews and Lyndon...
, frontier fort 1785 - Fort William (Oregon)Fort William (Oregon)Fort William was a fur trading outpost built by American Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth in 1834. It was located on the Columbia River on Wappatoo Island in what is now part of Portland, Oregon. It was the site of a murder and the first Euro-American trial in what is now the state of Oregon...
, a fur trade outpost in Oregon Country - Fort William (Wyoming), a frontier trading post later renamed Fort Laramie