Fort Miamis

Fort Miamis (HM1GFZ)

Location: Maumee, OH 43537 Lucas County
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Country: United States of America
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N 41° 34.377', W 83° 37.592'

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A British Outpost

British Troops constructed Fort Miamis on the banks of the Maumee River between April and August of 1794 with the help of local American Indians. Fort Miamis featured four bastions, a river battery, barracks, officers' quarters, supply buildings and a number of shops. The formidable outpost housed over 130 British troops who manned 14 cannons protecting it from all directions. Approaching by land, hostile troops faced an abatis - a 25-foot deep trench lined with rows of 12-inch thick stakes. Archaeological excavations in 1982 unearthed nails, wall timbers, bottle fragments, regimental buttons, and other artifacts. All that remains today are the earthwork trenches dug around the fort in 1794.
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Date Added Tuesday, October 21st, 2014 at 6:31pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 281019 N 4605694
Decimal Degrees41.57295000, -83.62653333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 34.377', W 83° 37.592'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 34' 22.62" N, 83° 37' 35.52" W
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Area Code(s)419
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 675 Michigan Ave, Maumee OH 43537, US
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