| The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000. |
| Fort Severn |
| Fort Severn (SEH-vuhrn), village, NW Ont., Canada, on Hudson Bay, at mouth of Severn R.; 55°59'N 87°36'W. Trading post. Built by the British (1685), it was burned (1689) to prevent capture by the French. Fr. fort (1691) changed hands repeatedly, until handed over to Hudson’s Bay Company under Treaty of Utrecht (1713). |
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