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List of forts
This is a list for articles on notable historical forts which may or may not be under current active use by a military. There are also many towns named after a Fort, the largest being Fort Worth, Texas, United States.
Antigua and Barbuda
Armenia
Artsakh
Aruba
Australia
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Province of Antwerp
Antwerp (historical) (1914, internal defenses)
Province of Liège
Province of Namur
Namur (1914, clockwise from E, right bank of Meuse River)
Bermuda
Bermuda had around 90 coastal defense forts and batteries scattered all over the island chain. Early colonial defense works constructed before the 19th century were primarily small coastal batteries built of stone having anywhere from two to ten guns. Some of these early forts and batteries are the oldest standing masonry forts in the new world. Later forts constructed by the royal engineers were much larger and more complex.
Brazil
Amapá
Bahia
Ceará
Pará
Paraná
Paraíba
Pernambuco
Rio de Janeiro
Rio Grande do Norte
Santa Catarina
São Paulo
Bulgaria
Cuba
Curaçao
Canada
Many buildings and structures bear the name fort in Canada. Most of these places are either military installations, or a trading post that was established by a North American fur trading company. A number of "forts" in northern and western Canada were also established as exploratory, or policing outposts. A number of municipalities in Canada include the term fort in their names. The municipalities that use the term fort in their name do so for historical reasons, with many of these communities resulting from the outgrowth of migrants that settled around the original fort. Many of these municipalities continue to bear use the term fort in their names, regardless of whether or not the original fortification and/or trading post still stands.
Military fortifications
The majority of military fortifications in Canada were built by the British, French, and Canadian armed forces. However, several military fortifications were erected by the Hudson's Bay Company, whose royal charter required them to fortify Rupert's Land. Other groups that erected military fortifications in Canada includes First Nations, Spain, and the United States. Although military fortifications were built for strategic, and other military purposes, some military fortifications in Canada also housed trading posts, or was used by fur traders.
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Exploratory forts
Several private entities, most notably the Hudson's Bay Company, established outposts or forts, within northern Canada for the purposes of housing exploratory expeditions to the Arctic. Forts that were built exclusively for the purposes of housing exploratory expeditions include:
Fur trading forts
A number of trading posts operated by fur trading companies were also referred to as forts. Fur trading companies that operated trading forts in Canada includes the Hudson's Bay Company, and the North West Company. Many of these were simply stockades, log enclosures for trading posts, although a few were former military installations which was later used by fur trading companies.
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Ontario
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Yukon
Law enforcement forts
The North-West Mounted Police (later merged with the Dominion Police to form the Royal Canadian Mounted Police) established a number of policing outposts in western Canada during the mid to late 19th century, in an effort to provide law enforcement in the region. Forts established by the North-West Mounted Police includes:
Channel Islands
Chile
China
Beijing
Hong Kong
Macau
All forts in Macau were built during or used during Portuguese rule:
Tianjin
Colombia
Congo, Republic of the
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Egypt
Estonia
Finland
France
Vauban
Séré de Rivières system
Maginot Line (Northeast)
Alpine Line (Maginot Southeast)
Former German fortifications
Moselstellung
Overseas France
Germany
Grenada
Haiti
India
Indonesia
Java
The Moluccas
Papua
Sulawesi
Sumatra
Iran
Israel
Italy
Abruzzo
Aosta Valley
Apulia
Liguria
Marche
Piedmont
Tuscany
Jamaica
Japan
Kenya
Kosovo
Libya
Lithuania
Kaunas Fortress fortifications (listed in order of number)
Malaysia
Malta
Nepal
Netherlands
Forts on the Dutch Waterline
Forts on the Stelling van Amsterdam
Forts in the Caribbean Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Russia
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Singapore
Sint Maarten
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
A Coruña
Albacete
Badajoz
Burgos
Cádiz
Province of Castellón
Córdoba
Coria, Cáceres
Girona
Huelva
Málaga
Menorca
Murcia
Navarre
Palma de Mallorca
Segovia
Soria
Toledo
Valladolid
Zaragoza
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Taiwan (Republic of China)
Turkey
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
See also the list of castles, as many early forts were called castles, and many castle sites were reused for later fortifications. Also Palmerston Forts lists the many British fortifications built in the 1860s.
England
SE England
Thames Estuary
Medway
Solent
SW England
East Anglia
NW England
NE England
Scotland
Wales
United States
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
Washington
Washington, D.C.
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Cities and areas with "Fort" in the name
Virgin Islands (British)
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