Fort St. Joseph
Fort St. Joseph is a former British outpost on the southernmost point of St. Joseph Island in Ontario, Canada, on Lake Huron. The fort consisted of a blockhouse, powder magazine, bakery building, Indian council house and storehouse surrounded by a palisade.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: fort in Ontario, Canada
- Also known as: “Fort St. Joseph (Ontario)”
- Address: 185 Fort Road
Places in the Area
Nearby places include De Tour Village.
De Tour Village
Village
Photo: Gpwitteveen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
DeTour Village is a village in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 263 at the 2020 census. The village is at the extreme eastern tip of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, in Detour Township, at the turning point for the shipping channel connecting the St. De Tour Village is situated 9 km southeast of Fort St. Joseph.
Fort St. Joseph
- Categories: fort, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.0639° or 46° 3′ 50″ northLongitude
-83.94558° or 83° 56′ 44″ westOpen location code
86RR3373+HQOpenStreetMap ID
node 1385129809OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q1150167
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Swedish—“Fort St. Joseph” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Fort St. Joseph”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن سانت چوزيف”
- French: “fort Saint-Joseph”
- French: “Fort Saint-Joseph”
- French: “Fort St. Joseph”
- German: “Fort St. Joseph”
- Swedish: “Fort St. Joseph”
Places with the Same Name
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Old Fort St. Joe Point and Saint Joseph’s Island Bird Sanctuary.
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