Fort Cumberland

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Fort Cumberland may refer to:

  • Fort Cumberland (England), a pentagonal artillery fortification erected to guard the entrance to Langstone Harbour, east of the naval port of Portsmouth on the south coast of England
  • Fort Cumberland (Canada) also known as Fort Beauséjour
  • Fort Cumberland (Maryland), an 18th-century frontier fort at the current site of Cumberland, Maryland, USA. It was an important military and economic center during the French and Indian War (1754–63) and figured significantly in the early career of George Washington
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