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Fort Detroit (Detroit, Mich.)


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    • n-us-mi

  • Variants

    • Detroit, Fort (Detroit, Mich.)
    • Fort Pontchartrain (Detroit, Mich.)
    • Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit (Detroit, Mich.)
    • Pontchartrain, Fort (Detroit, Mich.)

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  • Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

  • Earlier Established Forms

    • Fort Pontchartrain (Detroit, Mich.)

  • Sources

    • found: Work cat. 2001126042: Kent, Timothy J. Ft. Pontchartrain at Detroit, 2002.
    • found: Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit web site, May 6, 2004(Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit, fuller form of name for: Fort Pontchartrain)
    • found: Telusplanet web site, May 6, 2004(Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit; also includes the name: Fort Detroit)
    • found: Ohio Historical Society web site, May 6, 2004(Fort Pontchartrain; British named it Fort Detroit after its surrender to them. Today the city of Detroit, Michigan is located where the fort once stood)
    • found: Encyc. of historic forts, 1988(Fort Detroit (Fort Pontchartrain) Cadillac erected Fort Pontchartrain in 1701, naming it in honor of Louis Phelypeaux, Count Pontchartrain, minister of Marine and Colonies. By the time Fort Pontchartrain was peacefully surrended in 1760 to British forces, the French military town had assumed formidable proportions. Changing its name to Fort Detroit, the British garrison successfully defended it for more than one year during Pontiac's rebellion)
    • notfound: NRIS, Mar. 29, 2004;GNIS

  • Editorial Notes

    • [This heading is not valid for use as a geographic subdivision.]

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  • Change Notes

    • 2004-05-28: new
    • 2005-08-08: revised

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