Fort la Bouque (commonly referred by locals as labouc) is one of three colonial forts in the North East area of Haiti or more specifically the Arrondissement of Fort-Liberte. The fort is located at the following coordinates 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 norrow 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.