Fort William was a city in Ontario , Canada, located on the Kaministiquia River , at its entrance to Lake Superior . It amalgamated with Port Arthur and the townships of Neebing and McIntyre to form the city of Thunder Bay in January 1970. Since then, it has been the largest city in Northwestern Ontario . The city's Latin motto was A posse ad esse ( From a possibility to an actuality ), featured on its coat of arms designed in 1900 by town officials, "On one side of the shield stands an Indian dressed in the paint and feathers of the early days; on the other side is a French voyageur ; the cent[re] contains a grain elevator, a steamship and a locomotive, while the beaver surmounts the whole."
18-489: Fort William may refer to: Places [ edit ] Canada [ edit ] Fort William, Ontario , a Canadian city which, together with Port Arthur, became part of Thunder Bay in 1970 Downtown Fort William, Ontario , a neighborhood of Thunder Bay Fort William (federal electoral district) , a related Canadian federal electoral district Fort William (provincial electoral district) Fort William and Rainy River ,
36-724: A federal electoral district from 1917 to 1925 Fort William First Nation , an Ojibwa First Nation reserve Fort William Gardens , a multi-purpose arena in Thunder Bay, Ontario Fort William Historical Park , historical re-creation of the original Fort William (Ontario) on the Kaministiquia River Fort William, Newfoundland Fort William, a community and historic site along the Ottawa River in Sheenboro, Quebec Ghana [ edit ] Fort William, Ghana ,
54-489: A football club based in Fort William, Highland Fort William Shinty Club , a shinty team Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William , Calcutta, 1774-1862 See also [ edit ] Fort Williams (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Fort William . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
72-574: A former name for the current Fort Independence in Boston Harbor Fort William (Salem, Massachusetts) , 1643 fort on the site of Fort Pickering Fort Amsterdam (once named Fort William), New York City Fort William (Colorado) , a frontier trading post also known as Bent's Old Fort Fort William (Kentucky) , frontier fort 1785 Fort William (Oregon) , a fur trade outpost in Oregon Country Fort William (Wyoming) ,
90-572: A fort in Anomabu, Central Region, built in the 18th century Fort William Lighthouse , in Cape Coast, Central Region, Ghana, built in the 19th century, now used as a lighthouse United Kingdom [ edit ] Fort William, Highland , a town in Scotland Fort William railway station United States [ edit ] Fort William, Massachusetts (also called Castle William),
108-658: A frontier trading post later renamed Fort Laramie Fort William (Pennsylvania), second name for Fort Lebanon , changed after 1757 Elsewhere [ edit ] Fort William, India , a fort in Kolkata Fort William Point (Robert Island) , a conspicuous headland on the Coppermine Peninsula of Robert Island in Antarctica Other uses [ edit ] Fort William College , based in Fort William, India from 1800 to 1854 Fort William F.C. ,
126-586: A minor HBC fur trading post. The original site disappeared under development of Canadian Pacific Railway]] railroad tracks and coal piles in the 1880s. A replica of Fort William was built further upstream on the Kaministiquia River at Pointe de Meuron , a former military staging location named after Lord Selkirk 's Swiss de Meuron Regiment . It is now known as the Fort William Historical Park . Two townships ( Neebing and Paipoonge ) and
144-670: A railway to the Pacific that would begin somewhere along the north shore of Lake Superior. The selection of the Fort William Town Plot (later known as West Fort) as the eastern terminus for the CPR stimulated development, as did the construction of the railway, begun in June 1875. The federal Department of Public Works, and later the Department of Railways and Canals, took seven years (1875–1882) to build
162-633: The 1671 "Carte des Jésuites" as "R. [rivière] par où l'on va aux Assinipoualacs à 120 lieues vers le Nord-Ouest." In late 1683 or spring 1684, Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut , established a trading post near the mouth of the Kaministiquia River . French authorities closed this post in 1696 because of a glut on the fur market. In 1717, a new post, Fort Kaministiquia , was established at the river mouth by Zacharie Robutel de la Noue . This post appears on 18th century French maps by Royal hydrographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin as "Fort Caministogoyan". The post
180-500: The Fort William Town Plot were surveyed in 1859–1860 by the Province of Canada 's Department of Crown Lands and opened to settlement. A large section of land adjacent to the Hudson's Bay Company post remained in dispute until 1875, when it was surveyed as Neebing Additional Township. Most land was acquired by absentee landowners speculating on the decision of the new Dominion of Canada to build
198-649: The Nor'Westers abandoned Grand Portage and established a new fur trading post on the Kaministiquia River on land acquired from the Ojibwe by written agreement 30 July 1798. The post was named Fort William in 1807 after William McGillivray , chief director of the North West Company from 1804-1821. After the union of the North West Company with the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) in 1821, the fort lost its raison d'être because most trade shifted to York Factory on Hudson Bay. It became
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#1732844699332216-619: The Thunder Bay Branch from Fort William to Winnipeg, Manitoba . The Ontario Legislature incorporated the Municipality of Shuniah in March 1873. This early form of regional government comprised a vast area from Sibley Peninsula to the American border. For eight years the residents of Neebing and Neebing Additional townships battled Port Arthur residents for the Thunder Bay terminus. In March 1881,
234-588: The colonists' victory in the American Revolution . Following the signing of the Jay Treaty of 1794 between Great Britain and the United States, which acknowledged American control of the area, the North West Company required a new midway transshipment point between their inland posts and Montreal. The partners needed to meet and exchange furs and supplies without being subject to American taxation. In 1803,
252-668: The inhabitants of Neebing and Neebing Additional petitioned the Ontario Legislature successfully to separate the southern townships from Shuniah and to create the Municipality of Neebing. By 1883–1884, the Montreal-based CPR syndicate, in collaboration with the Hudson's Bay Company , clearly preferred the low-lying lands along the lower Kaministiquia River to the exposed shores of Port Arthur, which required an expensive breakwater if shipping and port facilities were to be protected from
270-452: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fort_William&oldid=1243150408 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Fort William, Ontario Fort William and Grand Portage were
288-525: The two starting points for the canoe route from the Great Lakes to Western Canada . For details of the route inland see Kaministiquia River . Kamanistigouian, as a place, is first mentioned in a decree of the Conseil Souverain de la Nouvelle-France dated 23 August 1681 instructing one of two canoes to make known the king's amnesty to coureurs de bois , although the Kaministiquia River is depicted on
306-510: The waves. The CPR subsequently consolidated all its operations there, erecting rail yards, coal-handling facilities, grain elevators and a machine shop. In April 1892, Neebing Additional Township and parts of Neebing Township were incorporated as the town of Fort William. Fort William was incorporated as a city in April 1907. The city of Fort William ceased to exist at the end of December 1969. Fort Williams (disambiguation) Fort Williams Park
324-514: Was abandoned in 1758 or 1760 during the British conquest of New France. The fur trade was quickly re-established with most people using Grand Portage . By 1784, Montreal merchants and their "wintering partners" had formed the North West Company (Nor'Westers). The North West Company continued to use Grand Portage as their centre of operations after the area was ceded to the United States after
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