Fort la Bouque

19°42′41.50″N 71°50′39.44″W / 19.7115278°N 71.8442889°W / 19.7115278; -71.8442889 Fort la Bouque (French: [fɔʁ la buk]), commonly referred to by locals as Fort Labouc and formerly Fort Saint-Louis,^[1] is one of three colonial forts in the Fort-Liberté Arrondissement in the Nord-Est Department of Haiti. There are three other forts on the eastern edge of its channel: Batterie de l'Anse, Fort Saint-Charles and Fort Saint-Frédéric, the latter of which is known locally as Fort Lachatre.^[2] La Bouque 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 La Bouque and the land adjacent known as ESSO by locals form part of the larger makeup of the bay.

References

1. "À la découverte du Fort la Bouque dans le nord-est d'Haïti : un joyau historique caché" (in French). Construit en 1736, Fort La Bouque, à l'origine nommé Fort Saint-Louis, a joué un rôle essentiel dans l'indépendance.
2. de Saint-Méry, M.L.E. Moreau (1797–1798). Description topographique, physique, civile, politique et historique de la partie française de l'isle Saint-Domingue (in French). Philadelphia, Paris, Hamburg.

External links

• Google Maps interactive tour of Fort la Bouque