Fort Chambly

E203506

National Historic Site of Canada fort historic site

Fort Chambly is a historic 17th-century French colonial fort on the Richelieu River in Quebec, Canada, known for its role in the defense of New France and later military conflicts in North America.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Fort Chambly canonical	2
Richelieu River fortifications	2
Richelieu River defensive line	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1831113 — 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.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fort Chambly
Context triple: [King’s Royal Regiment of New York, garrison, Fort Chambly]

A. 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.
B. Fort Vaux
Fort Vaux is a French World War I fortress near Verdun, renowned for its fierce 1916 defense against German forces during the Battle of Verdun.
C. Fort Conde
Fort Conde is a reconstructed 18th-century French colonial fort and museum in Mobile, Alabama, that interprets the region’s early military and colonial history.
D. Fort Cataraqui
Fort Cataraqui was a historic French military fortification established in the late 17th century at the site of present-day Kingston, Ontario, to control access to the Great Lakes and the fur trade routes.
E. Fort Mackinac
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.
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 Chambly
Target entity description: Fort Chambly is a historic 17th-century French colonial fort on the Richelieu River in Quebec, Canada, known for its role in the defense of New France and later military conflicts in North America.

A. 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.
B. Fort Vaux
Fort Vaux is a French World War I fortress near Verdun, renowned for its fierce 1916 defense against German forces during the Battle of Verdun.
C. Fort Conde
Fort Conde is a reconstructed 18th-century French colonial fort and museum in Mobile, Alabama, that interprets the region’s early military and colonial history.
D. Fort Cataraqui
Fort Cataraqui was a historic French military fortification established in the late 17th century at the site of present-day Kingston, Ontario, to control access to the Great Lakes and the fur trade routes.
E. Fort Mackinac
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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	National Historic Site of Canada ⓘ fort ⓘ historic site ⓘ
architecturalStyle	stone fortification ⓘ
capturedBy	Continental Army ⓘ surface form: American Continental Army British forces ⓘ
capturedDuring	Invasion of Quebec (1775) ⓘ surface form: American invasion of Quebec (1775)
constructedBy	French colonial authorities ⓘ Jacques de Chambly ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1665 ⓘ
coordinateLatitude	45.449 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude	-73.283 ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
currentUse	museum ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
garrisonedBy	British troops ⓘ Canadian militia ⓘ French troops ⓘ
hasExhibit	French colonial life ⓘ New France military history ⓘ
hasViewOf	Richelieu River rapids ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Classified Federal Heritage Building ⓘ National Historic Site of Canada ⓘ
locatedIn	Chambly, Quebec ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Montérégie ⓘ
locatedInProvince	Quebec, Canada ⓘ surface form: Quebec
locatedInRegion	New France ⓘ
locatedNear	Montreal ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Richelieu River ⓘ
locatedOnRoute	Fort Chambly self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Richelieu River defensive line
managedBy	Parks Canada ⓘ
materialUsed	stone ⓘ wood ⓘ
namedAfter	Jacques de Chambly ⓘ
openToPublic	true ⓘ
originallyBuiltAs	wooden fort ⓘ
ownedBy	Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ surface form: Government of Canada
partOf	Fort Chambly self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Richelieu River fortifications defensive system of New France ⓘ
rebuiltAs	stone fort ⓘ
rebuiltDate	1709 ⓘ early 18th century ⓘ
recognizedFor	role in North American colonial conflicts ⓘ role in defense of New France ⓘ
surroundedBy	Fort Chambly National Historic Site grounds ⓘ
usedDuringConflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ French and Indian War (as part of British America) ⓘ surface form: French and Indian War Seven Years' War ⓘ
usedFor	defense of New France ⓘ military garrison ⓘ protection against British colonies ⓘ protection against Iroquois raids ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King’s Royal Regiment of New York → garrison → Fort Chambly ⓘ

Fort Chambly → locatedOnRoute → Fort Chambly self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Richelieu River defensive line

Fort Chambly → partOf → Fort Chambly self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Richelieu River fortifications

Fort St. John → nearbyFortification → Fort Chambly ⓘ

Fort St. John → associatedWith → Fort Chambly ⓘ