Fort Dufferin
Fort Dufferin is a former Canadian government post near the Canada–United States border at Emerson, Manitoba. The fort was used during the 1870s as a base for the North American Boundary Commission and the North-West Mounted Police, and as an immigration station.Photo: Rkehler3, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Emerson and Noyes.
Emerson
Photo: Rkehler3, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The rural municipality of Emerson-Franklin is the main crossing into Central Manitoba for Winnipeg-bound traffic from the United States. A sparsely-populated expanse of prairie at the eastern edge of the Pembina Valley, it includes the communities of Emerson, West Lynne, Roseau River, Franklin, Arnaud, Tolstoi and Dominion City.
Noyes
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Noyes is an unincorporated community in St. Vincent Township, Kittson County, Minnesota, United States. Located in the extreme northwestern corner of the state on the Canada–United States border, Noyes is the northern terminus of U.S. Highway 75 and site of a former road border crossing. Noyes is situated 3½ km south of Fort Dufferin.
Pembina
Photo: Andrew Filer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pembina is a city in Pembina County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 512 at the 2020 census. Pembina is located 2 miles south of the Canada–US border.
Fort Dufferin
- Type: Historic site
- Description: historical site in Manitoba, Canada
- Categories: fort, police station, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Manitoba, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Latitude
49.03003° or 49° 1′ 48″ northLongitude
-97.2022° or 97° 12′ 8″ westOpen location code
86X42QJX+24OpenStreetMap ID
node 4853494984OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesWikidata ID
Q5471098
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to French—“Fort Dufferin” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن دوفيرين”
- French: “fort Dufferin”
- French: “Fort Dufferin”
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