Fort George (Castine, Maine)
Fort George was a palisaded earthwork fort built in 1779 by Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War in Castine, Maine. Located at a high point on the Bagaduce Peninsula, the fort was built as part of an initiative by the British to establish a new colony called New Ireland.
Fort George - British fort built to defend their colony of New Ireland
Ruined stone structure in a bastion of Fort George, possibly a magazine reconstructed in the 1960s
Britain defending New Ireland from the Penobscot Expedition by Dominic Serres
Castine is a town in Hancock County in eastern Maine, United States.
The population was 1,320 at the 2020 census. Castine is the home of Maine Maritime Academy, a four-year institution that graduates officers and engineers for the United States Merchant Marine and marine related industries.
Castine Harbor from Perkins Street
Waterfront in Castine
Marker commemorating the Dutch conquest of Acadia (1674), which was renamed New Holland. This is the spot where Jurriaen Aernoutsz buried a bottle at the capital of Acadia, Fort Pentagouët, Castine, Maine.
Baron Jean-Vincent de Saint-Castin