Fort de Chartres
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Fort de Chartres was a major 18th-century French colonial military and administrative stronghold in the Illinois Country along the Mississippi River.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort de Chartres canonical | 1 |
| Fort de Chartres State Historic Site | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9990797 — 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 de Chartres Context triple: [Illinois Country, administrativeCenter, Fort de Chartres]
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A.
Fort Plaisance
Fort Plaisance was a French colonial fortification built to protect the fishing settlement at Placentia in what is now Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
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B.
Fort de la Cigogne
Fort de la Cigogne is a historic coastal fortification located on the Glénan Islands off the coast of Brittany, France, built to protect the archipelago and surrounding maritime routes.
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C.
Fort Sackville, Vincennes
Fort Sackville in Vincennes was a British-held frontier outpost during the American Revolutionary War, famously recaptured by George Rogers Clark’s American forces in 1779.
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D.
Fort Conde
Fort Conde is a reconstructed 18th-century French colonial fort and museum in Mobile, Alabama, that interprets the region’s early military and colonial history.
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E.
Fort Crèvecœur
Fort Crèvecœur was a Dutch colonial fort on the Gold Coast in present-day Ghana, historically used as a trading post and military stronghold.
- 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 de Chartres Target entity description: Fort de Chartres was a major 18th-century French colonial military and administrative stronghold in the Illinois Country along the Mississippi River.
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A.
Fort Plaisance
Fort Plaisance was a French colonial fortification built to protect the fishing settlement at Placentia in what is now Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
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B.
Fort de la Cigogne
Fort de la Cigogne is a historic coastal fortification located on the Glénan Islands off the coast of Brittany, France, built to protect the archipelago and surrounding maritime routes.
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C.
Fort Sackville, Vincennes
Fort Sackville in Vincennes was a British-held frontier outpost during the American Revolutionary War, famously recaptured by George Rogers Clark’s American forces in 1779.
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D.
Fort Conde
Fort Conde is a reconstructed 18th-century French colonial fort and museum in Mobile, Alabama, that interprets the region’s early military and colonial history.
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E.
Fort Crèvecœur
Fort Crèvecœur was a Dutch colonial fort on the Gold Coast in present-day Ghana, historically used as a trading post and military stronghold.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French colonial fort
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historic site ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | approximately 38.087°N 90.158°W ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| currentUse |
living history venue
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state historic site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| elevation | near river level ⓘ |
| hasAnnualEvent | Fort de Chartres Rendezvous NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
bastions
ⓘ
chapel ⓘ curtain walls ⓘ gatehouse ⓘ parade ground ⓘ stone powder magazine ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing
|
| inception | circa 1720 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
French Louisiana
NERFINISHED
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Illinois ⓘ Illinois Country NERFINISHED ⓘ New France NERFINISHED ⓘ Randolph County, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Illinois Department of Natural Resources NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material |
stone
ⓘ
wood ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Louis, Duke of Chartres NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement | Prairie du Rocher, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
best-preserved French colonial powder magazine in the Midwest
ⓘ
reconstructed French colonial stone fortifications ⓘ |
| occupant |
Great Britain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Quebec (British) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| ownedBy | State of Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Illinois State Historic Sites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | American Bottom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
French and Indian War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
abandonment due to Mississippi River erosion ⓘ transfer to British control after the Treaty of Paris 1763 ⓘ |
| startDate | early 18th century ⓘ |
| use |
administrative center
ⓘ
fur trade regulation post ⓘ military stronghold ⓘ seat of government for the Illinois Country ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort de Chartres Description of subject: Fort de Chartres was a major 18th-century French colonial military and administrative stronghold in the Illinois Country along the Mississippi River.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Fort de Chartres State Historic Site