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Forrester, Maureen Katherine Stewart (Canadian singer)
July 25, 1930Montreal, Que.June 16, 2010Toronto, Ont.Canadian contralto who brought her rich lower-register voice to critically acclaimed recitals, symphonies, operas, and musicals in a career spanning five decades. Forrester studied voice privately and made her debut with the Montreal Symp...
Forros (people)
The population consists mainly of Forros (from forro, Portuguese for “free man”), descendants of immigrant Europeans and African slaves. Another group, the Angolares, descended from runaway Angolan slaves who were shipwrecked on São Tomé about 1540. The Angolares remained apart in the isolated southern zone of São......
Fors Clavigera (work by Ruskin)
Ruskin’s appointment as Slade Professor of Fine Art at Oxford in 1870 was a welcome encouragement at a troubled stage of his career, and in the following year he launched Fors Clavigera, a one-man monthly magazine in which, from 1871 to 1878 and 1880 to 1884 he developed his idiosyncratic cultural theories. Like his successive series of Oxford lectures......
Fors Fortuna (Roman goddess)
in Roman religion, goddess of chance or lot who became identified with the Greek Tyche; the original Italian deity was probably regarded as the bearer of prosperity and increase. As such she resembles a fertility deity, hence her association with the bounty of the soil and the fruitfulness of women. Frequently she was an ora...
Forsaken Merman, The (poem by Arnold)
poem by Matthew Arnold, published in 1849 in The Strayed Reveller, and Other Poems, the author’s first verse collection. The merman of the poem grieves for his human wife, who, after hearing the church bells at Easter, has abandoned him and their children to live on land among humans, never to return. The poem is suffused with ...
Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten Testaments und des Neuen Testaments (work by Gunkel and Bousset)
...und Gegenwart (1903–13; “Religion in History and the Present”), and was coeditor of the second edition (1927–32). Together with Wilhelm Bousset he founded the series Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten Testaments und des Neuen Testaments (1903– ; “Research into the Religion and Literature of the Old and New Testaments”)...
Forsey, Keith (British composer, drummer, songwriter, and record producer)
...Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand for YentlOriginal Song: “Flashdance...What a Feeling” from Flashdance; music by Giorgio Moroder, lyrics by Irene Cara and Keith ForseyHonorary Award: Hal Roach...
Forsman, Georg Zacharias (Finnish politician)
historian and politician, author of the first history of Finland in Finnish. Later he guided the Old Finn Party in its policy of compliance with Russia’s unconstitutional Russification program in Finland....
Forssmann, Werner (German physician)
German surgeon who shared with André F. Cournand and Dickinson W. Richards the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1956. A pioneer in heart research, Forssmann contributed to the development of cardiac catheterization...
Forster (New South Wales, Australia)
town, eastern New South Wales, Australia, on Cape Hawke south of the entrance to Lake Wallis, a 30-square-mile (80-square-km) coastal lagoon. Founded in 1862 and named after William Forster, secretary for lands (1868–70), it was proclaimed a tow...
Forster, Arianna (German-born British singer)
Jan. 17, 1962Munich, Ger.Oct. 20, 2010Los Angeles, Calif.German-born British singer who founded the influential punk band the Slits when she was just 14 years old. The daughter of a music promoter, Ari Up spent much of her early life surrounded by some of the biggest names in the industry. ...
Forster, Buckshot (British statesman)
British statesman noted for his Education Act of 1870, which established in Great Britain the elements of a primary school system, and for his term (1880–82) as chief secretary for Ireland, where his repression of the radical Land League won him the nickname “Buckshot Forst...
Forster, E. M. (British writer)
British novelist, essayist, and social and literary critic. His fame rests largely on his novels Howards End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924) and on a large body of criticism....
Forster, Edward Morgan (British writer)
British novelist, essayist, and social and literary critic. His fame rests largely on his novels Howards End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924) and on a large body of criticism....
Forster, Georg (German explorer and scientist)
explorer and scientist who helped to establish the literary travel book as a favoured genre in German literature....
Forster, Johann Georg Adam (German explorer and scientist)
explorer and scientist who helped to establish the literary travel book as a favoured genre in German literature....
Forster, Johann Reinhold (German explorer)
With his father, Johann Reinhold Forster, he emigrated to England in 1766. Both were invited to accompany Capt. James Cook on his second voyage around the world (1772–75). Georg Forster’s account of the journey, A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World (1777), was based on his father’s journals; it later appeared in a German version, Reise um die Welt....
Forster, John (British writer)
writer and journalist, a notable figure in mid-19th-century literary London who, through his friendship with the influential editor Leigh Hunt, became adviser, agent, and proofreader to many leading writers of the day. A close friend and adviser of Charles Dickens...
Förster, Josef Bohuslav (Czech composer)
Czech composer belonging to the school of Leoš Janác̆ek and Josef Suk....
Forster, Margaret (British author)
British novelist and biographer whose books are known for their detailed characterizations....
Forster, Robert (American actor)
Medium Cool follows television news cameraman John Cassellis (played by Robert Forster) as he shoots hard-to-get footage of disasters, accidents, and other unseemly incidents that his network demands. Cassellis faces a moral dilemma when he learns his bosses are providing footage to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to track down dissidents. Initially detached from......
Forster, Thomas (English Jacobite)
English Jacobite and leader of the 1715 uprising in Scotland and northern England....
Forster, William Edward (British statesman)
British statesman noted for his Education Act of 1870, which established in Great Britain the elements of a primary school system, and for his term (1880–82) as chief secretary for Ireland, where his repression of the radical Land League won him the nickname “Buckshot Forst...
Förster-Nietzsche, Elisabeth (German editor)
sister of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, who became his guardian and literary executor....
forsterite (mineral)
...(anorthite). However, in a case where magma does not have enough silica relative to the magnesium oxide to produce the pyroxene, the magma will compensate by making a magnesium-olivine (forsterite; Mg2SiO4), along with the pyroxene, since the olivine requires only one-half as much silica for every mole of magnesium oxide. On the other hand, a silicic magma may......
forsterite-fayalite series (mineralogy)
the most important minerals in the olivine family and possibly the most important constituents of the Earth’s mantle. Included in the series are the following varieties: forsterite magnesium silicate (Mg2SiO4) and fayalite iron silicate (Fe2SiO4)....
Forsyte family (fictional characters)
fictional upper-middle-class English family created by John Galsworthy in his novel sequence The Forsyte Saga and further treated in A Modern Comedy (1929), a trilogy set in the post-World War I era and consisting of The White Monkey (1924), The Silver Spoon (1926), and Swan Song (1928)....
Forsyte Saga, The (British television program)
...interconnection of public TV stations and the efficient distribution of programming. Many of the most popular shows during the early years of PBS were British imports, including The Forsyte Saga (PBS, 1969–70), a 26-part adaptation of the John Galsworthy novels about a wealthy English family in the years 1879 through 1926, and Masterpiece....
Forsyte Saga, The (work by Galsworthy)
sequence of three novels linked by two interludes by John Galsworthy. The saga chronicles the lives of three generations of a moneyed middle-class English family at the turn of the century. As published in 1922, The Forsyte Saga consisted of the novel The Man of Property (1906), the interlude (a short story...
Forsyth, Alexander John (British inventor)
Scottish Presbyterian minister and inventor who between 1805 and 1807 produced a percussion lock for firearms that would explode a priming compound with a sharp blow, thereby avoiding the priming powder and free, exposed sparks of the flintlock system....
Forsyth, Andrew Russell (British mathematician)
British mathematician, best known for his mathematical textbooks....
Forsyth, Frederick (British author)
British author of best-selling thriller novels noted for their journalistic style and their fast-paced plots based on international political affairs and personalities....
Forsyth, John (American statesman)
British author of best-selling thriller novels noted for their journalistic style and their fast-paced plots based on international political affairs and personalities.......
Forsyth, Peter Taylor (British minister)
Scottish Congregational minister whose numerous and influential writings anticipated the ideas of the Swiss Protestant theologian Karl Barth....
Forsythe Company (ballet company)
Forsythe’s new company, the Forsythe Company, was about half the size of the Frankfurt Ballet, but nearly all of its dancers were from that company. Forsythe continued to present his vision to a wide audience. With bases in Frankfurt and Dresden and supported by both state and private funding, the Forsythe Company made its debut in 2005 with the premiere of Forsythe’s ...
Forsythe, John (American actor)
Jan. 29, 1918Penns Grove, N.J.April 1, 2010Santa Ynez, Calif. American actor who possessed good looks and a sensuous voice that contributed to his fame on three television series: Bachelor Father (1957–62), as the guardian to his teenage niece; Charlie’s Angels (...
Forsythe, William (American choreographer)
American choreographer who staged audaciously groundbreaking contemporary dance performances during his long association with the Frankfurt Ballet and later with his own troupe, the Forsythe Company. His body of work, which displayed both abstraction and forceful theatricality, deconstructed the classical ballet repertoire b...
Forsythia (plant)
any member of a genus (Forsythia) of plants in the olive family (Oleaceae), containing seven species of ornamental shrubs native to eastern Europe and East Asia. In some species the yellow flowers borne along the stems appear before the leaves in early spring. The...
forsythia (plant)
any member of a genus (Forsythia) of plants in the olive family (Oleaceae), containing seven species of ornamental shrubs native to eastern Europe and East Asia. In some species the yellow flowers borne along the stems appear before the leaves in early spring. The...
Forsythia intermedia (plant)
...to China, may grow to 3 m (10 feet); it bears greenish yellow flowers. Weeping forsythia (F. suspensa), also from China, has hollow, pendulous stems about 3 m long and golden-yellow flowers. Common forsythia (F. intermedia), a hybrid between green-stem forsythia and weeping forsythia, has arching stems to 6 m and bright yellow flowers. There also are variegated, dwarf, and......
Forsythia suspensa (plant)
Green-stem forsythia (F. viridissima), native to China, may grow to 3 m (10 feet); it bears greenish yellow flowers. Weeping forsythia (F. suspensa), also from China, has hollow, pendulous stems about 3 m long and golden-yellow flowers. Common forsythia (F. intermedia), a hybrid between green-stem forsythia and weeping forsythia, has arching stems to 6 m and bright yellow......
Forsythia viridissima (plant)
Green-stem forsythia (F. viridissima), native to China, may grow to 3 m (10 feet); it bears greenish yellow flowers. Weeping forsythia (F. suspensa), also from China, has hollow, pendulous stems about 3 m long and golden-yellow flowers. Common forsythia (F. intermedia), a hybrid between green-stem forsythia and weeping forsythia, has arching stems to 6 m and bright yellow......
Fort (district, Colombo, Sri Lanka)
The oldest districts of the city, which are nearest the harbour and north of Beira Lake, are known as the Fort and the Pettah (a name deriving from the Tamil word pettai, meaning “the town outside the fort”). The Fort is still a focal point of government and commercial activity, although less so than in the past. The Pettah has become a district....
Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park (park, North Dakota, United States)
...and sunflowers are grown. The Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory, an agricultural research facility, is just south of the city. Mandan is on the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park, 7 miles (11 km) to the south, includes reconstructed buildings of Fort Lincoln, which was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer before his......
Fort Ancient (people)
...successors, the Adena, or Mound Builders (c. 500 bc to c. ad 100), created numerous earthworks still visible in the Moundsville and Charleston areas. The Adena were absorbed by the Fort Ancient people, who dominated the territory until they were wiped out by the Iroquois Confederacy about 1650. Except for scattered villages the area that was to become W...
Fort Apache Band (American musical group)
In the 1980s the Fort Apache Band from New York City, led by percussionist and trumpeter Jerry González and his brother, bassist Andy González, offered listeners a return to Latin-bebop fusions with Latin jazz versions of the music of jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk. Toward the end of the 20th century, Latin jazz instrumental soloists claimed the limelight, and a number......
Fort Bayard (China)
city and major port, southwestern Guangdong sheng (province), China. It is located on Zhanjiang Bay on the eastern side of the Leizhou Peninsula, where it is protected by Naozhou and Donghai islands....
Fort Benton (Montana, United States)
city, seat (1865) of Chouteau county, north-central Montana, U.S., on the Missouri River. A well-known American Fur Company outpost, it was founded (1846) as Fort Lewis by Major Alexander Culbertson and was renamed ...
Fort Berthold Reservation (Native American reservation, North Dakota, United States)
...19th century. In the 1860s they joined the Mandan and Hidatsa tribes; these tribes coalesced, becoming known as the Three Affiliated Tribes (or MHA Nation), and a reservation was created for them at Fort Berthold, N.D. By 1885 the Arikara had taken up farming and livestock production on family farmsteads dispersed along the rich Missouri River bottomlands....
Fort Camosun (British Columbia, Canada)
capital of British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the southeastern tip of Vancouver Island, overlooking Juan de Fuca Strait. One of the province’s oldest communities, it was founded in 1843 as a Hudson’s Bay Company...
Fort Caroline National Memorial (monument, Jacksonville, Florida, United States)
The region was originally inhabited by Timucua peoples. Fort Caroline National Memorial marks the site of Florida’s first European (French Huguenot) settlement (1564), which was destroyed by Spanish conquistador Pedro Menéndez de Avilés in 1565. The locality was originally known as Wacca Pilatka (derived from a Timucua term meaning “cows’ crossing”), which...
Fort Christina (Delaware, United States)
largest city in Delaware, U.S., and seat of New Castle county at the influx of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek into the Delaware River. It is the state’s industrial, financial, and commercial centre and main port....
Fort Clark (Illinois, United States)
city, seat (1825) of Peoria county, central Illinois, U.S. Peoria lies along the Illinois River where it widens to form Peoria Lake, about 160 miles (260 km) southwest of Chicago. With Peoria Heights, West Peoria, Bartonville, Bellevue, East Peoria, Creve Coeur, Marquette Heights, North Pekin, and Pekin, Peoria forms an ur...
Fort Clarke (Iowa, United States)
city, seat (1856) of Webster county, north-central Iowa, U.S. It is situated on both sides of the Des Moines River at its juncture with Lizard Creek, about 90 miles (145 km) northwest of Des Moines. It originated around Fort Clarke, which was established in 1850 to pro...
Fort Collins (Colorado, United States)
city, seat (1868) of Larimer county, northern Colorado, U.S. It lies along the Cache la Poudre River (the state’s “Trout Route”), in the eastern foothills of the Front Range, at an elevation of 5,004 feet (1,525 metres), 55 miles (89 km) north of Denver. The community developed after 1864 around a military outpost named ...
Fort Constitution (borough, New Jersey, United States)
borough (town), Bergen county, northeastern New Jersey, U.S. It lies mainly along the Palisades on the west bank of the Hudson River at the western terminus of the George Washington Bridge opposite upper Manhattan, New York City. T...
Fort de Kock (Indonesia)
city, Sumatera Barat provinsi (province), Sumatra, Indonesia. It lies at an elevation of 3,000 feet (900 metres) on the Agam Plateau, a ridge of high land parallel to the coast. The city is in the Minangkabau country, one of the most scenic sections of Indonesia. Typical of the region ar...
Fort De Soto Park (park, Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States)
...The municipal pier features a five-story inverted pyramid with shops, restaurants, and an aquarium. Sunken Gardens, a popular 1930s tourist attraction, was restored by the city and reopened in 2000. Fort De Soto Park occupies five islands off the southern coast of the city and includes the fort, built during the Spanish-American War (1898), and extensive beaches. Weedon Island Preserve is on th...
Fort Dodge (Iowa, United States)
city, seat (1856) of Webster county, north-central Iowa, U.S. It is situated on both sides of the Des Moines River at its juncture with Lizard Creek, about 90 miles (145 km) northwest of Des Moines. It originated around Fort Clarke, which was established in 1850 to pro...
Fort Donelson, Battle of (American Civil War)
American Civil War battle that collapsed Southern defenses in the Mid-South and forced the evacuations of Columbus, Kentucky, and Nashville, Tennessee, as well as a general Confederate retreat in Kentucky....
Fort Donelson National Military Park (park, Tennessee, United States)
Fort Donelson National Military Park, in northern Tennessee on the Cumberland, commemorates the American Civil War battle that opened the Tennessee River to Union troops....
Fort Erie (Ontario, Canada)
town, regional municipality of Niagara, southeastern Ontario, Canada. It lies along Lake Erie and the Niagara River and is linked to Buffalo, N.Y., by the International Railway and Peace bridges. The fort, built by the British in 1764, was captured by American troops d...
Fort Fletcher (Kansas, United States)
city, seat (1867) of Ellis county, central Kansas, U.S. It lies on Big Creek. The city was founded in 1867 after the establishment of Fort Hays (a frontier post built as Fort Fletcher in 1865). In 1876 Volga Germans settled the area on land ceded by the Kansas Pacific Railroad. The fort was abandoned in 1889; its blockhouse and guardhouse are preserved in the city’s Frontier Historical Park...
Fort Frances (Ontario, Canada)
town, centre of the Rainy River district, western Ontario, Canada. It lies on the north bank of Rainy River (the Canada–U.S. boundary), opposite International Falls, Minn. Originating as a fur-trading post, Fort-Saint-Pierre, built near the present townsite in 1731, it was renamed Fort Frances in 1830 in honour of the wife of Sir George Simpson, general...
Fort Frederica (Georgia, United States)
town, centre of the Rainy River district, western Ontario, Canada. It lies on the north bank of Rainy River (the Canada–U.S. boundary), opposite International Falls, Minn. Originating as a fur-trading post, Fort-Saint-Pierre, built near the present townsite in 1731, it was renamed Fort Frances in 1830 in honour of the wife of Sir George Simpson, general...
Fort Frederica National Monument (historic site, Georgia, United States)
historic site on St. Simons Island (one of the Sea Islands), southeastern Georgia, U.S., near Brunswick. The monument (authorized 1936) covers 284 acres (115 hectares) and consists of the remains of a fort and surrounding town built by Georgia colony founder James Edward Ogletho...
Fort George River (river, Quebec, Canada)
river in Nord-du-Québec region, north-central Quebec province, Canada. Rising from Nichicun Lake in the Otish Mountains of central Quebec, it descends 1,737 feet (529 m) in its westward journey to James Bay, which forms part of Hudson Bay. For m...
Fort Good Hope (Northwest Territories, Canada)
...water for the shallow-draft barges during July, but, despite deepening of the channel by rock blasting, shallow water is sometimes a navigation problem in late summer. South of the Indian village of Fort Good Hope, the Mackenzie narrows as it flows between 100- to 150-foot (30- to 45-metre) perpendicular limestone cliffs known as The Ramparts. North of Fort Good Hope, the Mackenzie crosses the....
Fort Greenville, Treaty of (United States-Northwest Indian Confederation [1795])
The fruits of the Battle of Fallen Timbers were claimed at the Treaty of Fort Greenville (Aug. 3, 1795), when the Miami chief Little Turtle, representing the confederation, ceded to the United States most of Ohio and parts of Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan. The treaty thus gave a great impetus to westward migration and settlement of those areas. Within the next 25 years additional Indian lands......
Fort Hays (Kansas, United States)
city, seat (1867) of Ellis county, central Kansas, U.S. It lies on Big Creek. The city was founded in 1867 after the establishment of Fort Hays (a frontier post built as Fort Fletcher in 1865). In 1876 Volga Germans settled the area on land ceded by the Kansas Pacific Railroad. The fort was abandoned in 1889; its blockhouse and guardhouse are preserved in the city’s Frontier Historical Park...
Fort Hays Kansas State Normal School (university, Kansas, United States)
public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Hays, Kan., U.S. It is part of the Kansas Regents System. The university consists of the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, and Health and Life Sciences, and a graduate school. In addition to undergraduate studies, Fort Hays State offers master’s degree programs i...
Fort Hays State College (university, Kansas, United States)
public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Hays, Kan., U.S. It is part of the Kansas Regents System. The university consists of the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, and Health and Life Sciences, and a graduate school. In addition to undergraduate studies, Fort Hays State offers master’s degree programs i...
Fort Hays State University (university, Kansas, United States)
public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Hays, Kan., U.S. It is part of the Kansas Regents System. The university consists of the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, and Health and Life Sciences, and a graduate school. In addition to undergraduate studies, Fort Hays State offers master’s degree programs i...
Fort Henry, Battle of (American Civil War)
American Civil War battle along the Tennessee River that helped the Union regain western and middle Tennessee as well as most of Kentucky....
Fort Jameson (Zambia)
town, southeastern Zambia, near the Malawi frontier. It is an upland town, approximately 3,600 feet (1,100 metres) above sea level. Tobacco is the major local cash crop; peanuts (groundnuts) are processed into oil products; cotton, corn (maize), and wheat are also grown. Formerly an administrative centre o...
Fort Jefferson National Monument (national park, Florida, United States)
national park located on the Dry Tortugas islands, southwestern Florida, U.S. The islands are situated at the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico, west of Key West,...
Fort Johnston (Malawi)
town, south-central Malawi, on the Shire River below its efflux from Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) and 5 miles (8 km) south of its entrance into Lake Malombe. The town began as a British colonial defense post founded by the colonial administrator ...
Fort Kent (Maine, United States)
town, Aroostook county, northern Maine, U.S. It lies at the confluence of the St. John and Fish rivers, 50 miles (80 km) north-northwest of Presque Isle, and includes the communities of Fort Kent and Fort Kent Mills. The town is a port of entry linked by international bridge to Clair, New Brunswick, Canada. Settled in 1825 by French ...
Fort Laperrine (Algeria)
town, southern Algeria. Located in the mountainous Ahaggar (Hoggar) region on the Wadi Tamanghasset, the town originated as a military outpost, guarding trans-Saharan trade routes. It has become an important way station on the north-south asphalt road called the Trans-Sahara Highway via northern Algeria, which reached Tamanghasset in 1980. Although the ...
Fort Laramie, Treaties of (United States-Plains Indians treaty)
The United States sought to forestall strife by negotiating the First Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851) with the Sioux and other Plains peoples. The treaty assigned territories to each tribe throughout the northern Great Plains and set terms for the building of forts and roads within the region. In accordance with the treaty the Santee Sioux gave up most of their land in Minnesota in exchange for......
Fort Lauderdale (Florida, United States)
city, seat (1915) of Broward county, southeastern Florida, U.S. It lies along the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the New River, about 25 miles (40 km) north of Miami....
Fort Lee (Virginia, United States)
city, seat (1915) of Broward county, southeastern Florida, U.S. It lies along the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the New River, about 25 miles (40 km) north of Miami.......
Fort Lee (borough, New Jersey, United States)
borough (town), Bergen county, northeastern New Jersey, U.S. It lies mainly along the Palisades on the west bank of the Hudson River at the western terminus of the George Washington Bridge opposite upper Manhattan, New York City. T...
Fort Lewis (Montana, United States)
city, seat (1865) of Chouteau county, north-central Montana, U.S., on the Missouri River. A well-known American Fur Company outpost, it was founded (1846) as Fort Lewis by Major Alexander Culbertson and was renamed ...
Fort MacArthur (fort, California, United States)
...as a memorial to the merchant marines. Los Angeles Air Force Base and Cabrillo Beach (with a notable marine aquarium) are on Point Fermin at the peninsula’s southern tip. Also on Point Fermin is Fort MacArthur, once an extensive military reservation; part of it now supports the Los Angeles air base, and it houses a museum with exhibits on Los Angeles’s harbour defenses and the rol...
Fort Macleod (Alberta, Canada)
...as a memorial to the merchant marines. Los Angeles Air Force Base and Cabrillo Beach (with a notable marine aquarium) are on Point Fermin at the peninsula’s southern tip. Also on Point Fermin is Fort MacArthur, once an extensive military reservation; part of it now supports the Los Angeles air base, and it houses a museum with exhibits on Los Angeles’s harbour defenses and the rol...
Fort Manning (town, Malawi)
town in west-central Malawi. The town was originally a settlement around the colonial defense post of Fort Manning and now serves as an agricultural centre and a customs and immigration station on the Zambia border. The district in which it is situated consists of undulating grassland broken by the Mchinji Hills. Population is sparse, and transport systems are not well developed...
Fort Marion National Monument (monument, Florida, United States)
site of the oldest masonry fort in the United States, built by the Spaniards on Matanzas Bay between 1672 and 1695 to protect the city of St. Augustine, in northeastern Florida. Established as Fort Marion National Monument...
Fort Matanzas National Monument (fort, Florida, United States)
site of a Spanish fort, on the northeastern coast of Florida, U.S., 14 miles (23 km) south of St. Augustine. The national monument, established in 1924, occupies about 230 acres (93 hectares) on two islands—the southern tip of Anastasia Island and the northern portion of Rattlesna...
Fort Maurepas (Mississippi, United States)
resort city, Jackson county, southeastern Mississippi, U.S., on Biloxi Bay across from Biloxi. It developed around the site of Old Biloxi, where the explorer Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville established Fort Maurepas in 1699 for France; it was the first permanent Eur...
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine (national monument, Baltimore, Maryland, United States)
site of the star-shaped fort that successfully defended Baltimore, Md., U.S., from a British attack during the War of 1812. This event was the inspiration for Francis Scott Key’s poem “The Star-Spangled Banner.”...
Fort McMurray (Alberta, Canada)
city, northeastern Alberta, Canada, at the confluence of the Athabasca and Clearwater rivers. It originated as a North West Company fur-trading post (1790) known as Fort of the Forks, which was taken over by the ...
Fort Miro (Louisiana, United States)
city, seat (1807) of Ouachita parish, northeastern Louisiana, U.S., on the Ouachita River, opposite West Monroe. It was founded in 1785, when a group of French pioneers from southern Louisiana under Don Juan (later John) Filhiol, a Frenchman in the Spanish service, established ...
Fort Morgan (Colorado, United States)
city, seat (1889) of Morgan county, northeastern Colorado, U.S., on a low plateau overlooking the South Platte River, 70 miles (113 km) northeast of Denver at an elevation of 4,240 feet (1,292 metres). The site, on the Overland Trail, was originally occupied by a fort (established in 1864 and named for an ...
Fort Moultrie National Monument (monument, Charleston, South Carolina, United States)
...Construction of the fort, named for the American Revolutionary War general Thomas Sumter, began in 1829 and was still in progress in 1861. The national monument, established in 1948, also includes Fort Moultrie National Monument and covers 196 acres (79 hectares). Located on nearby Sullivan’s Island, Fort Moultrie was the site of an American victory against the British (June 28, 1776) in...
Fort Myers (Florida, United States)
city, seat (1887) of Lee county, southwestern Florida, U.S. It lies on the broad estuary of the Caloosahatchee River, about 100 miles (160 km) southeast of Tampa. The city of Cape Coral is situated to the southwest on the opposite shore of the Caloosahatchee estuary....
Fort Necessity National Battlefield (national park, Pennsylvania, United States)
The Fort Necessity National Battlefield commemorates the opening battle (July 3, 1754) of the French and Indian War, in which Colonel George Washington surrendered to the French. The county was created in 1783 and named for the marquis de Lafayette. In 1936 architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed the house Fallingwater, which was built over the Bear Run waterfall in the community of Mill Run....
Fort Norman (Northwest Territories, Canada)
At the village of Fort Norman the cold, clear water of the Great Bear River enters from the east. This short river empties out of Great Bear Lake and is navigable for shallow-draft vessels, except for a short portage around rapids about 30 miles (50 km) east of its mouth. Once more, there is a distinct summer demarcation for 50 miles (80 km) northward in the Mackenzie River between its......
Fort of the Forks (Northwest Territories, Canada)
...Northwest Territories, on the northern arm of the Great Slave Lake. Ferries are used for this crossing in summer, but all road traffic ceases during the breakup period in May. Branch roads extend to Fort Simpson and Fort Liard; except for a winter trail that is used only occasionally, there are no through roads farther north along the Mackenzie River valley. Mills Lake is a shallow broadening o...
Fort of the Forks (Alberta, Canada)
city, northeastern Alberta, Canada, at the confluence of the Athabasca and Clearwater rivers. It originated as a North West Company fur-trading post (1790) known as Fort of the Forks, which was taken over by the ...