Fort Nelson may refer to:
Canada
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Fort Nelson, British Columbia
Fort Nelson is a community in northeast British Columbia, Canada, within the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality (NRRM). It held town status prior to 6 February 2009, when it amalgamated with the former Northern Rockies Regional District to f ...
, a town
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Fort Nelson River
The Fort Nelson River, often shortened to simply the Nelson River, is in north-eastern British Columbia, Canada. It flows generally north-westward to the Liard River, a tributary of the Mackenzie River, which empties into the Arctic Ocean. The ...
, British Columbia
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Fort Nelson (Manitoba)
The Nelson River is a river of north-central North America, in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The river drains Lake Winnipeg and runs before it ends in Hudson Bay. Its full length (including the Saskatchewan River and Bow River) is ...
(1670–1713), an early fur trading post at the mouth of the Nelson River and the first headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company
United Kingdom
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Fort Nelson, Hampshire
Fort Nelson, in the civil parish of Boarhunt in the English county of Hampshire, is one of five defensive forts built on the summit of Portsdown Hill in the 1860s, overlooking the important naval base of Portsmouth. It is now part of the Royal ...
, England (built 1860–1867), a Palmerston Fort and present-day museum
United States
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Fort Nelson (Kentucky)
Fort Nelson, built in 1781 by troops under George Rogers Clark including Captain Richard Chenoweth, was the second on-shore fort on the Ohio River in the area of what is now downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Fort-on-Shore, the downriver and first ...
, built in 1781
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Fort Nelson (Virginia)
Fort Nelson was a fort located on Hospital Point in Portsmouth, Virginia, which is currently the site of the Portsmouth Naval Hospital. The fort was named for Thomas Nelson Jr., governor of Virginia in 1781. It and Fort Norfolk were built to gu ...
, first constructed in 1776
See also
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Camp Nelson (disambiguation) Camp Nelson can refer to:
*Camp Nelson, California, U.S.
*Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery in Lonoke County, Arkansas, U.S.
*Camp Nelson National Cemetery
Camp Nelson National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in southern J ...
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