Fort la Bouque

Fort la Bouque (commonly referred by locals as labouc) is one of three colonial forts in the northeast area of Haiti or more specifically the Arrondissement of Fort-Liberte. The fort is located at the following coordinates 19°42′41.50″N 71°50′39.44″W / 19.7115278°N 71.8442889°W / 19.7115278; -71.8442889. Fort-Liberté is Chef Lieu of the North East Department and its own Arrondissement by the same name. There are three other forts on the eastern edge of the channel : the Batterie de l'Anse, the Fort Saint Charles and the Fort Saint Frédérique one of which is known locally as Fort-Lachatre.[1] The Baie of Fort-Liberté is a bay within a bay in that 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 make up of the bay.

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  1. ↑ 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, Hambur.

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