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66 CANADA AND ITS PROVINCESon Millbank Sound, British Columbia.Founded (1834), 21 67; 22 559.Fort MPnerson, Hudson s Bay Company poston Peel River, North-West Territories.Constructed by John Bell (1840), 5 306.Fort Maiden, near Amherstburg. Rebel attackon (1837), 3 367.Fort Maurepas, near mouth of Winnipeg River.Constructed (1734), 1 121, 8 900 ; rebuilt,1 136 ; 138.Fort Meigs, at the Maumee Rapids. Built byHarrison, 3 220, 238.Fort Miami, on the Maumee. Occupied byBritish (1761), 3 58 ;surrendered to Indians(1763), 63.Fort Mistassini. French post founded before1703, 8 900.Fort Moose. See Fort Hayes.Fort Nakasleh. See Fort St James.Fort Nascopee. Hudson s Bay Company poston Lake Petitsikapau. Built (1840), 8 915.Fort Natleh. See Fort Fraser.Fort Necessity. Washington s surrender at,1 237, 252.Fort Nelson. See York Factory.Fort Nez Percfcs (Walla Walla). Founded(1818), 21 70.Fort Nipavvee, French post on the Saskatchewan, 1 144 ;its location, 145 ;reachedby James Finlay, 4 643.Fort Nisqually, Hudson s Bay Company postat head of Puget Sound. Founded (1834),2167.Fort Norman, Hudson s Bay Company post onMackenzie River, west of Keith Bay onGreat Bear Lake, 22 649 ; 4 683.Fort Okanagan. Founded (1811), 21 60.Fort Ontario (Oswego), 1 252.Fort Ouatanon, on the Wabash River. Occupied by British (1761), 3 58 ; surrenderedto Indians, 63.Fort Paskoyac, on Pasquia or SaskatchewanRiver. Built by La Verendrye, 1 139, 8900, 11 118; its disputed location, 1 140,144, 145-6.Fort Pelly-BankS, Hudson s Bay Companypost. Built (1842), 22 605.Fort Phelypeaux, Bradore Bay, Labrador.Constructed by Courtemanche, 8 915.Fort Piscoutagany (or St Germain), on AbitibiRiver. Construction of (c. 1673), 8 900 ;its location, 903-4.Fort Pitt (Pittsburg). Occupied by British(1761), 3 58 ; successful defence of in Pontiacs War, 64 ; Bouquet s victorious marchon, 69. See also Fort Duquesne.Fort Pitt, Hudson s Bay Company post onNorth Saskatchewan. Treaty with Indianssigned at (1875), 7 597.Fort Pointe de Bois, on Red River, 1 122.Fort Poatchartrain (Detroit). Founded byCadillac (1701), 1 107, 15 58.Fort Pontchartrain, near mouth of EskimoRiver, 8 915.Fort Prince of Wales (Churchill). Constructed,1 192 ; expeditions from in search of North-West Passage, 196, 197.Fort Providence, Hudson s Bay Companypost on northern shore of Great Slave Lake.Sir John Franklin s expedition at (1820), 4680.Fort Qu Appelle. Indian treaty signed at(1874), 7 579.Fort Rae, Hudson s Bay Company post onGreat Slave Lake, 22 650.Fort Reliance, Hudson s Bay Company postat eastern end of Great Slave Lake. Builtby George Back (1833), 4 686.Fort Resolution. Hudson s Bay Companypost on south-west shore of Great SlaveLake, 4 686.Fort Rouge. Constructed at mouth of theAssiniboine, 1 122.Fort Rouille (Toronto). French post established at, 2 375.Fort Rupert. Hudson s Bay Company post atnorth end of Vancouver Island, 21 93-6 ;first discovery of coal in Vancouver Islandat (1835), 22 558 ; danger to miners fromnatives at, 21 122-3.Fort Ste Anne. See Fort Albany.Fort St Charles, Lake of the Woods. Built byLa Verendrye, 1 119, 11 117; Saint-Pierreat, 1 138 ;visited by Alexander Henry, 4 644.Fort St James, North-West Company post onStuart Lake. Founded by Simon Fraser(1806), 4657; 2165.Fort St Joseph, at mouth of River Nashwaak.Constructed by Villebon (1692), 13 57 ;successful defence of, 58.Fort St Joseph, on St Joseph River, Michigan.Occupied by British (1761), 3 58 ; capturedby Indians (1763), 63.Fort St Louis. See Fort a la Corne.Fort St Pierre, on Rainy Lake. Built by LaJemeraye (1731), 1 119, 8 900.Fort Sandusky, on Lake Erie. Captured byIndians, 3 63.Fort Saskatchewan. Its importance in 1890,19 170.Fort Schlosser, opposite Navy Island, onAmerican side of Niagara River. Occupiedby British (1761), 3 58; American outpostsurprised at, 244 ; destroyed by Sir PhineasRiall, 252.Fort Selkirk. Hudson s Bay Company postconstructed by Robert Campbell at junctionof Pelly and Lewes Rivers, 5 311, 22 605 ;raided by Coast Indians, 5 311; returnsfrom take seven years to reach market, 313 ;garrisoned by Canadian militia, 7 437.Fort Sheppard, Hudson s Bay Company post.Founded (1811), 21 127 n.Fort Simpson, Hudson s Bay Company post atmouth of Nass River. Constructed (1832),21 67; change of site (1834), 67; wheatgrown at, 20 586.Fort Smith, Hudson s Bay Company post onFort Presentation. See Ogdensburg.Slave River. Indian agency established at,Fort Presqu Isle. In hands of British (1761), 7603.3 58 ;surrendered to Indians in Pontiac s Fort Spokane, Washington. Founded (1811),War, 64.2160.