Fort William Henry

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Fort William Henry was an 18th-century British fortification at the southern end of Lake George in New York, notable for its role and infamous siege during the French and Indian War.

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Fort William Henry canonical	10

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15340912 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fort William Henry
Context triple: [Battle on Snowshoes (1758), near, Fort William Henry]

A. Fort William Henry (Pemaquid)
Fort William Henry (Pemaquid) is a reconstructed 17th-century English colonial fort and historic site located at Pemaquid Point on the coast of Maine.
B. Fort-Royal
Fort-Royal is the former name of Fort-de-France, the capital city and main port of the French Caribbean island of Martinique.
C. Fort George
Fort George is a massive 18th-century artillery fortress near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands, built after the Jacobite rising and renowned as one of the most outstanding fortifications of its kind in Europe.
D. Fort George
Fort George is a historic coastal fortress overlooking the capital of Grenada, notable for its colonial-era military architecture and panoramic views of St. George's and its harbor.
E. Fort George
Fort George was a former settlement and trading post that became the historic core around which the modern city of Prince George, British Columbia, developed.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fort William Henry
Target entity description: Fort William Henry was an 18th-century British fortification at the southern end of Lake George in New York, notable for its role and infamous siege during the French and Indian War.

A. Fort William Henry (Pemaquid)
Fort William Henry (Pemaquid) is a reconstructed 17th-century English colonial fort and historic site located at Pemaquid Point on the coast of Maine.
B. Fort-Royal
Fort-Royal is the former name of Fort-de-France, the capital city and main port of the French Caribbean island of Martinique.
C. Fort George
Fort George is a massive 18th-century artillery fortress near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands, built after the Jacobite rising and renowned as one of the most outstanding fortifications of its kind in Europe.
D. Fort George
Fort George is a historic coastal fortress overlooking the capital of Grenada, notable for its colonial-era military architecture and panoramic views of St. George's and its harbor.
E. Fort George
Fort George was a former settlement and trading post that became the historic core around which the modern city of Prince George, British Columbia, developed.
F. None of above. chosen

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle on Snowshoes (1758) → near → Fort William Henry ⓘ

subject linked to: Battle on Snowshoes

Colonel Munro → stationedAt → Fort William Henry ⓘ

Cora Munro → associatedWith → Fort William Henry ⓘ

Fort William Henry Museum → focusesOn → Fort William Henry ⓘ

Fort William Henry Museum → hasReconstructionOf → Fort William Henry ⓘ

Siege of 1756 → hasLocation → Fort William Henry ⓘ

Siege of 1756 → target → Fort William Henry ⓘ

Battle of Fort William Henry → location → Fort William Henry ⓘ

Battle of Fort William Henry → fortCaptured → Fort William Henry ⓘ

British colonial defenses in North America → hasPart → Fort William Henry ⓘ

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