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The 6-km- (4-mile-) long, deep-water natural harbor, guarded by forts at its mouth and shielded from the winds by surrounding hills, caught the eye of the British Royal Navy early in the 18th century.
If they are embattled, it is like the old days in the West, with the invaders surrounded in their forts by the Indians to whom the region belonged.
Today the remains of all three fortifications comprise Ferry Point Park, where it is possible to explore the forts at your leisure, walk through woodland, and enjoy the beauties of Lover’s Lake.
The Nor’westers commandeered the French system of forts, depots, and canoe brigades; they inter-married with native peoples and produced new clans of so-called Métis.
Cuba’s most impressive forts sit brooding over the capital’s commercial harbor.