Fort Prince of Wales

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Hudson's Bay Company fort fur trading fort historic site

Fort Prince of Wales was an 18th-century Hudson’s Bay Company stone fur-trading fort on Hudson Bay in present-day Manitoba, Canada.

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Label Occurrences
Fort Prince of Wales canonical 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hudson's Bay Company fort ⓘ
fur trading fort ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
abandonedInPeriod late 18th century ⓘ
accessibleBy boat from Churchill ⓘ
architecturalType star fort ⓘ
attackedBy Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse ⓘ
surface form: Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse
builtInPeriod 18th century ⓘ
capturedBy French forces ⓘ
capturedInConflict Seven Years' War ⓘ
capturedYear 1782 ⓘ
constructionEnd 1771 ⓘ
constructionStart 1731 ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
currentCondition ruin ⓘ
designatedNationalHistoricSiteOfCanada 1920 ⓘ
garrisonedBy British soldiers ⓘ
Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
surface form: Hudson's Bay Company employees
hasFeature barracks ⓘ
bastion ⓘ
curtain wall ⓘ
gatehouse ⓘ
gun embrasure ⓘ
officers' quarters ⓘ
powder magazine ⓘ
storehouse ⓘ
hasNearbyWildlife beluga whales ⓘ
polar bears ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Site of Canada ⓘ
Provincial Heritage Site of Manitoba ⓘ
isPartOf Prince of Wales Fort National Historic Site ⓘ
surface form: Churchill National Historic Site
locatedIn Manitoba ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Northern Manitoba ⓘ
locatedNear Churchill, Manitoba ⓘ
locatedOn Hudson Bay ⓘ
managedBy Parks Canada ⓘ
materialUsed stone ⓘ
namedAfter Prince George of Wales ⓘ
surface form: George, Prince of Wales

George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: King George III
operator Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
ownedBy Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
primaryFunction fur trading post ⓘ
military fortification ⓘ
region subarctic ⓘ
touristAttraction true ⓘ
usedFor defence of Hudson Bay trading interests ⓘ
fur trade with Indigenous peoples ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Samuel Hearne → workLocation → Fort Prince of Wales ⓘ
Matonabbee → associatedWith → Fort Prince of Wales ⓘ
governor of Fort Prince of Wales → appliesToJurisdiction → Fort Prince of Wales ⓘ
governor of Fort Prince of Wales → locationOfWork → Fort Prince of Wales ⓘ