List of forts

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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.

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Antigua and Barbuda

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Armenia

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Artsakh

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Aruba

Australia

Sydney Harbour fortifications

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Other fortifications

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Bahamas

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Bahrain

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Bangladesh

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Barbados

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Belarus

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Belgium

Province of Antwerp

Antwerp

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Antwerp (historical) (1914, internal defenses)

Province of Liège

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Province of Namur

Namur (1914, clockwise from E, right bank of Meuse River) Template:Div col

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Bermuda

Bermuda had around 90 coastal defense forts and batteries<ref>Forts and batteries; Bermuda online; accessed .</ref> 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

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Fort of Monserrate in Salvador, Brazil

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Amapá

Bahia

Ceará

Pará

Paraná

Paraíba

Pernambuco

Rio de Janeiro

Rio Grande do Norte

Santa Catarina

São Paulo

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Bulgaria

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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

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Manitoba

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New Brunswick

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Newfoundland and Labrador

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Nova Scotia

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Ontario

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Prince Edward Island

Quebec

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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: Template:Col div

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Fur trading forts

Template:See also 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

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British Columbia

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Manitoba

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Northwest Territories

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Nunavut

Ontario

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Quebec

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Saskatchewan

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Yukon

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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: Template:Col div

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Channel Islands

Alderney
Guernsey

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Jersey

Chile

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China

Beijing

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Hong Kong

Chinese (Qing dynasty) forts

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British colonial forts

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Macau

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Tianjin

Colombia

Congo, Republic of the

Croatia

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Cyprus

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Denmark

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Dominica

Dominican Republic

Egypt

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Estonia

Finland

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France

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Vauban

Séré de Rivières system

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Maginot Line (Northeast)

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Alpine Line (Maginot Southeast)

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Former German fortifications

Moselstellung

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Germany

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Grenada

Haiti

India

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Indonesia

File:Fort Rotterdam, Makassar, Indonesia - 20100227-02.jpg
Fort Rotterdam, built in Makassar by the Dutch in 1634

Java

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The Moluccas

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Papua

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Sulawesi

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Sumatra

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Iran

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Israel

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Italy

Abruzzo

Aosta Valley

Apulia

Liguria

Marche

Piedmont

Tuscany

Jamaica

Japan

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Kenya

Kosovo

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Libya

Lithuania

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Kaunas Fortress fortifications (listed in order of number) Template:See also Template:Div col

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Malaysia

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Malta

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Nepal

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Netherlands

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Forts on the Dutch Waterline

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Forts in the Caribbean Netherlands

New Zealand

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Norway

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Oman

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Pakistan

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Panama

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Peru

Philippines

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Fort Santiago, built in Manila by the Spanish in 1571

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Poland

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Portugal

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Russia

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  • Novokuznetsk Fortress
  • Oreshek Fortress
  • Koporie
  • Yam
  • Ivangorod

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saudi Arabia

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Masmak Fortress in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Serbia

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Singapore

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Sint Maarten

South Africa

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South Korea

Spain

A Coruña

Albacete

Badajoz

Burgos

Cádiz

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Province of Castellón

Córdoba

Coria, Cáceres

Girona

Huelva

Málaga

Menorca

Murcia

Palma de Mallorca

Segovia

Soria

Toledo

Valladolid

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Zaragoza

Sri Lanka

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Sweden

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Taiwan (Republic of China)

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Turkey

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Ukraine

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United Arab Emirates

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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

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Thames Estuary

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Medway

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Solent

Portsdown Hill

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Gosport

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Portsmouth

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Sea Forts

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Isle of Wight

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SW England

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East Anglia

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NW England

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NE England

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Scotland

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Wales

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Milford Haven

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United States

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Alabama

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Alaska

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Arizona

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The ruins of the Fort McDowell officers quarters
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Ruins of the Fort Lowell hospital

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Arkansas

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California

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Colorado

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Connecticut

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Delaware

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Florida

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Georgia

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Hawaii

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Idaho

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Illinois

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A bartizan on the reconstructed Ft de Chartres

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Indiana

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Iowa

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Kansas

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Kentucky

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Louisiana

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Maine

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Maryland

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Massachusetts

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Michigan

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Minnesota

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Mississippi

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Missouri

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Montana

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Nebraska

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Nevada

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New Hampshire

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New Jersey

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New Mexico

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New York

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North Carolina

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North Dakota

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Ohio

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Oklahoma

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Oregon

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Pennsylvania

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Fort Mifflin Commandant's House

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Puerto Rico

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Castillo San Felipe del Morro in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

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Rhode Island

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South Carolina

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Fort Sumter

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South Dakota

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Tennessee

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Texas

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Utah

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Vermont

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Virginia

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Virgin Islands (U.S.)

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Washington

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Washington, D.C.

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West Virginia

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Wisconsin

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Wyoming

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Cities and areas with "Fort" in the name

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Virgin Islands (British)

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References

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