(secondary coordinates) The Humber Forts are two large fortifications in the mouth of the Humber Estuary in northern England: Bull Sand Fort (53°33′43″N 0°4′3″E...
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Kingdom. They were operated as army and navy forts, and named for their designer, Guy Maunsell. The forts were decommissioned during the late 1950s and...
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and North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire, to the south. The Humber Forts were built in the mouth of the estuary for the First World War. Planned...
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The Humber Forts Fort Paull The Tyne Turrets Fort Charlotte, Shetland Fort George, Scotland Milford Haven Dale Fort Fort Hubberstone Popton Fort Pill...
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The Humber River ([Gabekanaang-ziibi] Error: {{Langx}}: invalid parameter: |p= (help), meaning: "little thundering waters") is a river in Southern Ontario...
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Spurn (category Islands of the Humber)
The 1957 optic in the National Maritime Museum Humber Vessel traffic service RNLI Platform Humber Forts Spurn Lightship Spurn Point Military Railway May...
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Fort Paull is a gun battery situated on the north bank of the Humber, near the village of Paull, downstream from Hull in northern England. Batteries have...
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Cleethorpes (/ˈkliːθɔːrps/) is a seaside town on the estuary of the Humber in North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England with a population of 29,678...
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Grimsby (category Ports and harbours of the Humber)
Grimsby's seaport Grimsby Institute Grimsby Minster Grimsby Town Hall Humber Forts Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre People's Park Waltham Windmill Weelsby...
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The Toronto Carrying-Place Trail, also known as the Humber Portage and the Toronto Passage, was a major portage route in Ontario, Canada, linking Lake...
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Fort Toronto, also known as Fort Portneuf, was a French trading post that was located near the mouth of the Humber River in what is now Toronto, Ontario...
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with three forts, connected by a wall, stretching from the opposite bank of the Hull to Northgates, south to the Humber estuary. The central fort "Hull Castle"...
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Philip Gregory Humber (/ˈʌmbər/; born December 21, 1982) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched for the New York Mets, Minnesota...
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Humber is a hamlet and civil parish in the county of Herefordshire, England, and is 10 miles (16 km) north from the city and county town of Hereford. The...
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Magasin Royal (category French forts in Canada)
along the Humber River at Old Mill. It was built by Philippe Dagneau dit Douville, sieur de la Saussaye, and it is commonly known as Fort Douville. The...
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Metro Council, Frederick G. Gardiner. The six-lane section east of the Humber River was built in segments from 1955 until 1964 by the Metropolitan Toronto...
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Biddulph Moor. It flows through and drains the North Midlands into the Humber Estuary. The river is known for dramatic flooding after storms and spring...
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Humber Bay is a bay of Lake Ontario south of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located between Ontario Place on the east and Mimico Creek to the west. The...
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Norþanhymbre meaning "the people or province north of the Humber", as opposed to the people south of the Humber Estuary. What was to become Northumbria started...
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Queen Elizabeth Way (category Transport in Fort Erie, Ontario)
on the east side of the Humber River. The QEW is a 139 km (86 mi) route that travels from the Peace Bridge – which connects Fort Erie with Buffalo, New...
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The Queensway–Humber Bay, known officially as Stonegate–Queensway, is a neighbourhood in the southwest of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the...
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Agricola built a network of military roads and forts to secure the Roman occupation. Existing forts were strengthened and new ones planted in northeastern...
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the British, the French established Magasin Royal (Fort Douville), a trading post along the Humber River near Baby Point. Completed in 1720, the trading...
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East Riding of Yorkshire (category Local government districts of Yorkshire and the Humber)
Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, South...
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Risbury is a village in the civil parish of Humber in Herefordshire, England, and 4 miles (6 km) south-east of Leominster. There used to be a Methodist...
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Eglinton Etobicoke Etobicoke—Humber Etobicoke—Rexdale Etobicoke West Forest Hill Fort York Greenwood High Park High Park—Swansea Humber Lakeshore Oakwood Oriole...
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Hill) on the banks of the Rouge River and Teiaiagon on the banks of the Humber River. By 1701, the Mississaugas had displaced the Iroquois, who abandoned...
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would spend his summers. Matheson moved to Toronto in 2000 and attended Humber College's cooking program. To serve a short stint as a roadie for his friends'...
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2nd East Riding Artillery Volunteers (redirect from 440th (Humber) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery)
part-time unit of Britain's Royal Artillery based at Hull and along the Humber Estuary. Its successor units provided field artillery on the Western Front...
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mouth of the Humber, while Robert of Gloucester's Metrical Chronicle (late 13th C) says the invading army arrived "south of the Humber". Peter of Langtoft's...
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