Fort George Island Cultural State Park

Native Americans feasted here, colonists built a fort, and the Smart Set of the 1920s came for vacations. Historic documents show that the fort, originally called Fort Saint Georges, was built within this state park in 1736 by James Oglethorpe, ...

Fort George

In 1763, as a result of the Seven Year's War, Spain ceded the colony of Florida to England in exchange for Cuba. The city of Pensacola became the capital of British West Florida, and because of its strategic and economic ...

Fort George

Ie Fort George

Constructed by order of Lieutenant-Governor Simcoe 1796-99, Fort George served as the headquarters for Major-General Brock in 1812. In May, 1813, it was bombarded and captured by the Americans who constructed fortifications of their own on the site. ...

The Battle of Fort George

La Bataille de Fort George

On the 25th May, 1813, the American Fleet and the Batteries at Fort Niagara across the river began a devastating two-day bombardment of Fort George. On the 27th a large American force was landed and after ...

Fort George

• • 1759 • •

In the State Park to the left

are the ruins of old Fort George.

About here in 1755 the French

under Baron Dieskau were defeated

by the British Colonials under

Sir William Johnson.

Marker is ...

Welcome to Fort George

Built in 1796, Fort George was the scene of fierce engagements during the War of 1812. It was captured and destroyed then refortified by the Americans in 1813. It was re-taken by the British later that same year. The fort ...

Fort George

Ie Fort George

Constructed by order of Lieutenant-Governor Simcoe 1796-99, Fort George served as the headquarters for Major-General Brock in 1812. In May, 1813, it was bombarded and captured by the Americans who constructed fortifications of their own on the ...

To The Soldiers Of Fort King George

To the Soldiers of Fort King George

who gave their lives in defense of

the Southern English Frontier in

America during the occupation of

this little outpost from 1721 to 1727

and were buried upon this bluff. Fort

King George, built on the low ground

200 ...

Site of Fort Andross and Fort George

To mark the site of

1688 Fort Andross 1694

and

1715 Fort George 1737

Also the earliest burial place

where are buried

Benjamin Larrabee

Agent of the Pejepscot Proprietors and

Commander of Fort George. Also

Robert and Andrew Dunning,

killed by the Indians

Courtesy hmdb.org

Old Fort King George

Site of old Fort King George, built in 1721 by Col. John Barnwell, of South Carolina, under British Royal orders. This tiny cypress blockhouse, 26 feet square, with 3 floors, and a lookout in the gable from which the guard ...