Fort la Bouque (commonly referred by locals as labouc) is one of three colonial forts in the northeast area of Haiti or more specifically the Arrondissement of Fort-Liberte. The fort is located at the following coordinates (19°42′41.50″N71°50′39.44″W). Fort-Liberté is Chef Lieu of the North East Department and its own Arrondissement by the same name. There are three other forts on the eastern edge of the channel : the Batterie de l'Anse, the Fort Saint Charles and the Fort Saint Frédérique one of which is known locally as Fort-Lachatre. The Baie of Fort-Liberté is a bay within a bay in that Labouc sits northeasterly at the narrow tip separating the Atlantic Ocean and the Bay of Fort-Liberté and adjacent to a vast area of land northwesterly.