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FORT GEORGE

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 679 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GEORGE , a military station of See also:Inverness-See also:shire, See also:Scotland. It lies 12 M. N.E. of Inverness, and is the See also:terminus of the small See also:branch See also:line connecting with the Highland railway at Gollanfield junction. It occupies a sandy promontory forming the extreme end of the See also:southern See also:shore of Inner See also:Moray See also:Firth (also called the Firth of Inverness), which is here only 1 in. wide. There is communication by See also:ferry with See also:Fortrose on the opposite See also:coast of ' the See also:Black Isle. The fort was begun in 1748, partly after the See also:plan of one of See also:Vauban's See also:works, and named in See also:honour of George II. See also:Wolfe, who saw it in course of erection in 1751, was much impressed with it and thought it would, when finished, be " the most considerable fortress and best situated in See also:Great See also:Britain." It covers 16 acres and contains See also:accommodation for nearly 2200 men. It is the See also:depot of the See also:Seaforth Highlanders, and a military training-ground of some See also:size and importance because the surrounding See also:country gives ample facilities for exercise and manceuvres. See also:General See also:Wade's road is maintained in See also:good See also:order. Fort George, it is said, had almost been chosen as the See also:place of detention for See also:Napoleon when the claims of St See also:Helena were put forward. About 2 M. S.E. is the fishing See also:village of Campbelltown, in growing repute as a seaside resort.

Midway between the fort and Inverness stands See also:

Castle See also:Stuart, a See also:shooting-See also:box of the See also:earl of Moray.

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