Fort James may refer to: Places Fort James (South Dakota), a historic fort (built in 1865 by soldiers sent to protect settlers) which is on the National Register of Historic Places listings in South Dakota (39HS48) Fort James (Ghana) in Accra Fort James (Tobago) Fort James, Antigua and Barbuda Fort James, a former fort on Burrow Island in Gosport Fort James, located on James Island (Gambia) Fort Amsterdam, New York City, originally named Fort James Fort Berthold, North Dakota, originally named Fort James, a fur trading post renamed in 1846 Fort Severn First Nation, originally named Fort James, a fur-trading post built by Hudson's Bay Company in 1689, in Northern Ontario, Canada James Fort, a Jamestown Rediscovery site, built in 1607 on the site of the British colony later renamed Jamestowne Fort James, an English fort in Port Royal, Jamaica, that was destroyed in the 1692 Jamaica earthquake, sinking into the sea. Fort James (HBC vessel), operated by the HBC from 1927-1938, see Hudson's Bay Company vessels Other uses Fort James Corporation, a defunct paper company acquired by Georgia-Pacific