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List of forts

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.

Antigua and Barbuda

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Armenia

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Main article: List of castles in Armenia

Artsakh

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Main article: List of forts in Artsakh

Aruba

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Australia

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Sydney Harbour fortifications
Other fortifications

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

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Province of Antwerp

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Antwerp

Antwerp (historical) (1914, internal defenses)

Province of Liège

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Province of Namur

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Namur (1914, clockwise from E, right bank of Meuse River)

Bermuda

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Bermuda had around 90 coastal defense forts and batteries[1] 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

Amapá

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Bahia

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Ceará

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Pará

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Paraná

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Paraíba

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Pernambuco

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Rio de Janeiro

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Rio Grande do Norte

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Santa Catarina

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São Paulo

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Bulgaria

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Main article: List of castles in Bulgaria

Cuba

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Curaçao

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Canada

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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

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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

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Quebec

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Exploratory forts

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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:

Fur trading forts

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See also: List of Hudson's Bay Company trading posts

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

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Ontario

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Quebec

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Saskatchewan

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Yukon

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Law enforcement forts

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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:

Channel Islands

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Alderney
Guernsey
Jersey

Chile

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China

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Beijing

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Hong Kong

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Chinese (Qing dynasty) forts
British colonial forts

Macau

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All forts in Macau were built during or used during Portuguese rule:

Tianjin

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Colombia

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Congo, Republic of the

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Croatia

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See also: Walls of Dubrovnik

Cyprus

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Denmark

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Dominica

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Dominican Republic

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Egypt

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For a more comprehensive list, see List of Egyptian castles, forts, fortifications and city walls.

Estonia

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Finland

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France

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Vauban

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Séré de Rivières system

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Maginot Line (Northeast)

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See also: List of Maginot Line ouvrages

Alpine Line (Maginot Southeast)

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See also: List of Alpine Line ouvrages

Former German fortifications

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Moselstellung

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Overseas France

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Germany

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Grenada

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Haiti

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India

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Main article: List of forts in India

Indonesia

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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

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Abruzzo

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Aosta Valley

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Apulia

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Liguria

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Marche

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Piedmont

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Tuscany

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Jamaica

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Japan

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Main article: List of castles in Japan

Kenya

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Kosovo

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Libya

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Lithuania

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Kaunas Fortress fortifications (listed in order of number)

See also: Kaunas Fortress

Malaysia

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Malta

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Main article: List of fortifications of Malta

Nepal

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For a more comprehensive list, see List of forts in Nepal.

Netherlands

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Forts on the Dutch Waterline

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Forts on the Stelling van Amsterdam

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Forts in the Caribbean Netherlands

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New Zealand

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Norway

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For a more comprehensive list, see List of Norwegian fortresses.

Oman

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Pakistan

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For a more comprehensive list, see List of forts in Pakistan.

Panama

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Peru

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Philippines

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Fort Santiago, built in Manila by the Spanish in 1571
See also: Spanish colonial fortifications in the Philippines

Poland

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Portugal

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See also: List of Portuguese colonial forts

Russia

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

Saint Kitts and Nevis

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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Saudi Arabia

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Masmak Fortress in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Serbia

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For a more comprehensive list, see List of fortifications in Serbia.

Singapore

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Sint Maarten

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South Africa

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See also: Fortifications of the Cape Peninsula, List of castles and fortifications in South Africa, and Pretoria Forts

South Korea

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Spain

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A Coruña

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Albacete

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Badajoz

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Burgos

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Cádiz

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Province of Castellón

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Córdoba

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Coria, Cáceres

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Girona

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Huelva

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Málaga

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Menorca

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Murcia

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Palma de Mallorca

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Segovia

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Soria

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Toledo

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Valladolid

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Zaragoza

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Sri Lanka

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Main article: Forts of Sri Lanka

Sweden

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Taiwan (Republic of China)

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Turkey

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Ukraine

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Further information: Category:Forts in Ukraine and Category:Castles in Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

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United Kingdom

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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

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SE England

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Thames Estuary

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Medway

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Solent

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Portsdown Hill
Gosport
Portsmouth
Sea Forts
Isle of Wight
For a more comprehensive list, see List of forts on the Isle of Wight.

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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See also: List of hill forts in Scotland and List of castles in Scotland

Wales

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See also: List of castles in Wales
Milford Haven

United States

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For a more comprehensive list, see List of forts in the United States.

Alabama

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Alaska

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Arizona

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

Arkansas

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California

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For a more comprehensive list, see List of forts in California.

Colorado

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For a more comprehensive list, see List of forts in Colorado.

Connecticut

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Delaware

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Florida

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For a more comprehensive list, see List of forts in Florida.

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

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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Main article: List of military installations in Michigan

Minnesota

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Mississippi

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Missouri

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Montana

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See also: List of military installations in Montana

Nebraska

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For a more comprehensive list, see Forts in Nebraska.

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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Further information: List of forts in the United States § Ohio

Oklahoma

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Oregon

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Pennsylvania

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Fort Mifflin Commandant's House

Puerto Rico

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

Rhode Island

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South Carolina

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Fort Sumter

South Dakota

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For a more comprehensive list, see List of forts in South Dakota.

Tennessee

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For a more comprehensive list, see List of forts in Tennessee.

Texas

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Main article: Forts of Texas

Utah

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Vermont

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For a more comprehensive list, see List of forts in Vermont.

Virginia

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See also: Category:Forts in Virginia

Virgin Islands (U.S.)

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Washington

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Washington, D.C.

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For a more comprehensive list, see Civil War Defenses of Washington.

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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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Forts and batteries; Bermuda online; accessed .
  2. ^ "The Fort Merensky". National Digital Repository of South Africa. Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
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