Fort Albany
, fur-trading post, N Ont., Canada, at the mouth of
the Albany R. on James Bay. It was founded (before 1682) by the
Hudson's Bay Company as one of its earliest forts. In the Anglo-Fr.
struggle for the Hudson Bay trade, Fort Albany was taken by the French
in 1686. It was recaptured by the British in 1693 and from 1697 to 1713
was the only post of the region in the Brit. company's possession. It
has continued as an important fur-trading post.
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