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Ogdensburg

New York, United States
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Ogdensburg, city and port, St. Lawrence county, northern New York, U.S. It lies on the St. Lawrence River, at the mouth of the Oswegatchie River and is linked to Ontario, Canada, by the Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge (1960). The site was settled in 1749 when Abbé François Picquet established Fort de la Présentation as an Indian mission. The French abandoned the fort in 1760 in the face of a British advance, and the British rebuilt it,...

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