Fort William

/ ˈwɪljəm /

noun

1. a town in W Scotland, in Highland at the head of Loch Linnhe: tourist centre; the fort itself, built in 1655 and renamed after William III in 1690, was demolished in 1866. Pop: 9908 (2001)

Example Sentences

An investigation has been launched following reports of dead fish, blood and scales polluting a river in Fort William.

From BBC

He broke these restrictions on more than one occasion in March 2022 while working at Belford Hospital in Fort William.

From BBC

Founded in 2016, the annual Cape Wrath Ultra sees participants run from Fort William to Cape Wrath.

From BBC

In 1908, the Canadian city of Thunder Bay — then the two cities of Fort William and Port Arthur — changed from the central time zone to the eastern time zone for the summer and fall after a citizen named John Hewitson argued that would afford an extra hour of daylight to enjoy the outdoors, says Michael deJong, curator/archivist at the Thunder Bay Museum.

From Seattle Times

The next year, though, Port Arthur stayed on eastern time, while Fort William changed back to central time in the fall, which, predictably, “led to all sorts of confusion,” deJong says.

From Seattle Times