Fort Lee, borough, Bergen County, northeastern New Jersey, on the Palisades above the Hudson River, linked by the George Washington Bridge to New York City; incorporated 1904. It is chiefly residential. A park here commemorates the fort (no longer standing), named for General Charles Lee, which was used for a short time by the patriots during the American Revolution before being abandoned to the British in November 1776. From about 1910 to the mid-1920s, Fort Lee was a major center of the motion picture industry. Population 32,449 (1980); 31,997 (1990); 35,461 (2000).Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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