Fort Mackinac
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Fort Mackinac is a historic 18th-century military outpost and museum on Mackinac Island in Michigan, notable for its role in the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fort Mackinac canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1396546 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fort Mackinac Context triple: [Mackinac Island, contains, Fort Mackinac]
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A.
Fort Michilimackinac
Fort Michilimackinac is an 18th-century French and later British colonial fort and fur-trading post, now a reconstructed historic site and museum in present-day Mackinaw City, Michigan.
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B.
Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit
Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit was a French colonial military and trading post established in 1701 on the Detroit River, which became the foundation for the modern city of Detroit.
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C.
Saybrook Fort
Saybrook Fort was a 17th-century English colonial fortification in present-day Old Saybrook, Connecticut, built to protect settlers and control access to the Connecticut River.
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D.
Fort Saint-Jean
Fort Saint-Jean is a historic coastal fortress in Marseille, France, guarding the entrance to the Old Port and now integrated into the MuCEM museum complex.
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E.
Fort Eisenhower
Fort Eisenhower is a United States Army installation near Augusta, Georgia, known for housing the Army Cyber Center of Excellence and serving as a major hub for cyber and signal training.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fort Mackinac Target entity description: Fort Mackinac is a historic 18th-century military outpost and museum on Mackinac Island in Michigan, notable for its role in the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
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A.
Fort Michilimackinac
Fort Michilimackinac is an 18th-century French and later British colonial fort and fur-trading post, now a reconstructed historic site and museum in present-day Mackinaw City, Michigan.
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B.
Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit
Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit was a French colonial military and trading post established in 1701 on the Detroit River, which became the foundation for the modern city of Detroit.
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C.
Saybrook Fort
Saybrook Fort was a 17th-century English colonial fortification in present-day Old Saybrook, Connecticut, built to protect settlers and control access to the Connecticut River.
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D.
Fort Saint-Jean
Fort Saint-Jean is a historic coastal fortress in Marseille, France, guarding the entrance to the Old Port and now integrated into the MuCEM museum complex.
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E.
Fort Eisenhower
Fort Eisenhower is a United States Army installation near Augusta, Georgia, known for housing the Army Cyber Center of Excellence and serving as a major hub for cyber and signal training.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic fort
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military outpost ⓘ open-air museum ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | military frontier fortification ⓘ |
| capturedBy | British forces in 1812 ⓘ |
| constructedBy | British Army ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Great Britain
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasExhibition |
fur trade and Great Lakes history
ⓘ
medical history at frontier posts ⓘ military life in the 19th century ⓘ |
| hasPart |
blockhouse
ⓘ
guardhouse ⓘ officers’ stone quarters ⓘ parade ground ⓘ post commissary ⓘ post hospital ⓘ sally port ⓘ soldiers’ barracks ⓘ stone ramparts ⓘ tea room and restaurant building ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | National Historic Landmark ⓘ |
| inception | 1780 ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Mackinac Island ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Mackinac County, Michigan
NERFINISHED
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Michigan ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Lake Huron
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Lake Michigan ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Mackinac State Historic Parks
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surface form:
Mackinac Island State Park
bluff above the Straits of Mackinac ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Mackinac State Historic Parks ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
limestone
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wood ⓘ |
| offers |
cannon firing demonstrations
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historical reenactments ⓘ musket firing demonstrations ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operator | Mackinac State Historic Parks ⓘ |
| overlooks | Straits of Mackinac ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Mackinac State Historic Parks ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mackinac Island
ⓘ
surface form:
Mackinac Island National Historic Landmark District
|
| recapturedBy | United States forces in 1814 ⓘ |
| replaced | Fort Michilimackinac ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
American Revolutionary War
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War of 1812 ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
administration of the region
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fur trade protection ⓘ military defense ⓘ tourism and interpretation ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Fort Mackinac Description of subject: Fort Mackinac is a historic 18th-century military outpost and museum on Mackinac Island in Michigan, notable for its role in the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
Referenced by (4)
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