Fort la Bouque (commonly referred by locals as Labouc) is one of three colonial forts in
Fort-Liberté Arrondissement
Fort-Liberté () is an Arrondissements of Haiti, arrondissement in the Nord-Est (department), Nord-Est Departments of Haiti, department of Haiti. As of 2015, the population was 60,632 inhabitants. Postal codes in the Fort-Liberté Arrondissement s ...
in the
Nord-Est Department of
Haiti
Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...
. There are three other forts on the eastern edge of the channel:
Batterie de l'Anse
Battery or batterie most often refers to:
* Electric battery, a device that provides electrical power
* Battery (crime), a crime involving unlawful physical contact
Battery may also refer to:
Energy source
*Battery indicator, a device which ...
,
Fort Saint Charles and
Fort Saint Frédérique
A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Lati ...
, one of which is known locally as Fort-Lachatre.
Labouc sits northeasterly at the narrow tip separating the Atlantic Ocean and the Bay of Fort-Liberté and adjacent to a vast area of land northwesterly. The area occupied by Labouc and the land adjacent known as ESSO by locals form part of larger makeup of the bay.
References
External links
* Google Map interactive tour o
Fort la Bouque
Bouque
Military history of Haiti
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