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Fort Edward

Canada · 18th century

Founded
1750
Heritage status
national historic site of Canada
Location
Windsor
Coordinates
44.9954°, -64.1327°
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Fort Edward in Canada
Photo: Hantsheroes · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Fort Edward is a National Historic Site of Canada in Windsor, Nova Scotia, (formerly known as Pisiguit) and was built during Father Le Loutre's War (1749–1755). The British built the fort to help prevent the Acadian Exodus from the region. The Fort is most famous for the role it played both in the Expulsion of the Acadians (1755) and in protecting Halifax, Nova Scotia from a land assault in the American Revolution. While much of Fort Edward has been destroyed, including the officers' quarters (which burned down in 1922) and barracks, the blockhouse that remains is the oldest extant in North America. A cairn was later added to the site.

Text adapted from “Fort Edward (Nova Scotia)” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Fort Edward ranks #5,569 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #22 of the 26 mapped in Canada. Founded 1750, it is older than 16% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 685 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 988 times in the last 60 days, more than 50% of the atlas. See how Canada compares in the castle statistics.

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