Fort la Bouque is one of three colonial forts in the North East area of Haiti

Haiti

Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...

 or more specifically the Arrondissement of Fort-Liberte

Fort-Liberté

Fort-Liberté is the administrative capital of the Nord-Est Department, Haiti. It is close to the border of the Dominican Republic and is one of the oldest cities in the country. Haiti's independence was proclaimed here on November 29, 1803. The area around Fort-Liberté was originally inhabited by...

. The fort is located at the following coordinates 19°42′41.50"N 71°50′39.44"W 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. 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.

External links

• Google Map interactive tour of Fort la Bouque