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| '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1941-1946) - A [[World War II]] Coastal Fort first established in 1941 on Makhnati Island, Sitka Borough, Alaska. Named Fort Rousseau in G.O. 17, 2 Apr 1943, after Bvt. Major General [[Lovell H. Rousseau|Lovell Harrison Rousseau]], who received the transfer of Alaska to the United States in 1867. Abandoned in 1946.
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| |width="50%"|[[Image:.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Fort Rousseau]]
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| |colspan="2"|[[Image:.jpg|795px|thumb|center|Fort Rousseau]]
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| == [[World War II]] (1941-1945) == | |
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| {{FtRousseauWWII}}
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| [[Image:Fort Rousseau Plan.jpg|thumb|left|795px|Fort Rousseau Plan]]
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| == Current Status ==
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| Some remains on Makhnati Island, Sitka Borough, Alaska.
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| {{GNIS| | |
| Name=Fort Rousseau| | |
| ID=2436011|
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| Type=Historical|
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| Class=Military|
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| County=Sitka Borough|
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| State=Alaska|
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| Country= US|
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| Lat=57.0395|
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| Long=-135.3896|
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| Ele=13|
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| Map=Sitka A-5|
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| Date=30 Jul 2008|
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| Code=02220
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| <googlemap version="0.9" lat="57.0395" lon="-135.3896" zoom="16" width="500" scale="yes" overview="yes" controls="large" icons="http://www.fortwiki.com/mapicons/icon{label}.png">
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| (F) 57.0395, -135.3896, Fort Rousseau
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| (1941-1946)
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| '''Location:''' Makhnati Island, Sitka Borough, Alaska.
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| {{Mapit-US-cityscale|57.0395|-135.3896}}
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| * Elevation: 13'
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| '''Sources:'''
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| * {{Roberts}}, page 26
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| '''Links:'''
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| * [http://www.northamericanforts.com/West/ak2.html#sitka North American Forts - Fort Rousseau]
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| * [http://www.sitkaww2.com/harbordefenses/Locations/makhnatiis/makhnatiis.html Sitka WWII - Harbor Defenses of Sitka, Alaska]
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| =={{PAGENAME}} Picture Gallery==
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| </gallery>
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| __NOTOC__
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| {{DEFAULTSORT:Rousseau}}
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| [[Category:Alaska All]]
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| [[Category:Alaska Forts]]
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| [[Category:Alaska Sitka Borough]]
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| [[Category:Coastal Forts]]
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| [[Category:Harbor Defense of Sitka]]
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| [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
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| [[Category:Preserved]]
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| [[Category:World War II Forts]]
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