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Fort Albany   HBC GMaps
ID: 13  Voorhis Number: 8 ;   Location: Ontario, Canada [52.236, -81.608] ;    Founded: 1783 , Closed: NA .

Hudson's Bay Co. fort on south shore of Albany Island at mouth Albany river. (Map Northern Ontario, Wilson) No. 52. Built by Governor Sergeant 1783-4 [sic] [Transcriber's Note: Possibly 1683-84?]. It was a large fort with four bastions. Captured by French 1686 and renamed by them Fort Ste. Anne, (Map No. 93) or Fort Chechouan (Chichitouan, Chechewan, Quichechouanne) Map No. 18. Retaken by the English 1689; by the French again in 1692; by the English in 1693; by the French 1695; and was finally surrendered to the English on 2nd August 1696. The French again attacked in 1704 but were repulsed. This was the only fort held by the Hudson's Bay Co. after the Treaty of Ryswick (May 1697) to Treaty of Utrecht 1713. It has been continuously operated by the Hudson's Bay Co. from 1696 to date. Shown on Bellin's map 1755, No. 93.



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