Fortress
Prince of Wales Fort
🇨🇦 Canada · 18th century
Prince of Wales Fort is a historic bastion fort on Hudson Bay across the Churchill River from Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. It is the oldest building in the country west of Ontario, and the northernmost fort in North America. It is a National Historic Site in the national park system.
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Prince of Wales Fort ranks #1,654 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #7 of the 14 mapped in Canada. Founded 1717, it is older than 22% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 238 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. See how Canada compares in the castle statistics.
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