Fort Charles may refer to:
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Fort Charles (Ghana)
Fort William is a fort in Anomabu, Central Region, Ghana, originally known as Fort Anomabo and renamed Fort William in the nineteenth century by its then-commander, Brodie Cruickshank, who added one storey to the main building in the days of Ki ...
, built in 1674
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Fort Charles (Jamaica)
Fort Charles was built between 1650 and 1660, the first fort constructed in Port Royal, Jamaica.
Location
Fort Charles is located in the small town of Port Royal in Jamaica. The town was founded on a natural harbour and Fort Charles was constru ...
, built between 1650 and 1660
* Fort Charles, later
Fort William Henry (Pemaquid Beach, Maine)
Fort William Henry is located in the village of New Harbor in the town of Bristol, Maine. The fort was, in its time, the largest in New England. The fort was originally built in 1692 but destroyed four years later by New France in the Siege of P ...
, built in 1677
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Fort Charles (Menorca)
Fort Charles may refer to:
* Fort Charles (Ghana), built in 1674
* Fort Charles (Jamaica), built between 1650 and 1660
* Fort Charles, later Fort William Henry (Pemaquid Beach, Maine), built in 1677
* Fort Charles (Menorca), which fell to the Br ...
, which fell to the British during the
Capture of Minorca (1798)
In November 1798 a British expedition captured the island of Menorca (historically called "Minorca" by the British) from Spain. A large force under General Charles Stuart landed on the island and forced its Spanish garrison to surrender in eigh ...
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Fort Charles (Nebraska)
Fort Charles may refer to:
* Fort Charles (Ghana), built in 1674
* Fort Charles (Jamaica), built between 1650 and 1660
* Fort Charles, later Fort William Henry (Pemaquid Beach, Maine), built in 1677
* Fort Charles (Menorca), which fell to the Bri ...
, a trading fort established in 1795
in the Nebraska Territory
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Fort Charles (Nevis)
Fort Charles is an abandoned British fort on the island of Nevis. It is now mostly in ruins.
History
Initial construction of Fort Charles began as early as the 1630s, with the aim of protecting Charlestown and its harbour.Machling, Tessa C. S. ...
, built in the 1630s
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Fort Charles (Saint Kitts)
Fort Charles, also called Cleverley Point Fort, is a historic British colonial fort (est. 1670) site on the island of St. Kitts, located in the present day nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis in the Caribbean.
History
It was built on a suitable s ...
, established 1670
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Salcombe Castle
Salcombe Castle or Fort Charles is a ruined fortification just off the beach of North Sands in Salcombe, Devon, England, within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is located on a rocky outcrop which is easily reached on foot ...
, or Fort Charles, in Devon, England
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Fort Saint Jacques
Fort Saint Jacques, Fort Rupert, or Fort Charles was a fur trading post on James Bay at the mouth of the Rupert River. It was located in what is now Waskaganish, Nord-du-Québec region, Quebec, Canada.
Fort Charles was founded in 1668 in northern ...
, or Fort Charles, founded in 1668 on James Bay in present-day Quebec
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''Fort Charles'' (HBC vessel), operated by the HBC from 1940-1959, see
Hudson's Bay Company vessels
See also
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Charles Fort (disambiguation), including Charlesfort
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