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Fort William was a fort in St. John's built in 1698 to protect English interests on Newfoundland, primarily against French opposition. It was the original headquarters of the British garrison in Newfoundland. A second fort, known as Fort George was situated at the east end of the harbour connected by a subterranean passage with Fort William.
Fort William and Mary sketch by Wolfgang William Romer (1705). On December 14, 1774, local Patriots from the Portsmouth area, led by local political leader and rebel activist John Langdon, stormed the post (overcoming a six-man caretaker detachment) and seized the garrison's gunpowder supply, which was distributed to local militia through several New Hampshire towns for potential use in the ...
The British and later the Americans never rebuilt anything on the site of Fort William Henry, which lay in ruins for about 200 years. In the 1950s, excavation at the site eventually led to the reconstruction of Fort William Henry as a tourist destination for the town of Lake George. [43]
After the British abandoned the fort in the Revolution, the Patriots probably renamed it Fort Hancock. [12] The plaque currently on the fort is dedicated "In commemoration of the first victory of the American Revolution. The capture, on this site of Fort William and Mary, 14–15 December 1774." [13]
The Western Redoubt, or Fort William, is a square fort built on a crest on the eastern side of Government Hill, and within the boundaries of the original main British Army camp in the Imperial fortress colony of Bermuda, St. George's Garrison. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Historic colony [note 1] Established Fort Amherst: St. John's, Newfoundland: Newfoundland: 1770 Fort Amherstburg: Amherstburg, Ontario Upper Canada: 1796 Fort Anne: Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia: Colony of Nova Scotia 1629 Citadel Hill: Halifax, Nova Scotia: Colony of Nova Scotia 1749 Fort de l'Île Sainte-Hélène: Montreal, Quebec Lower Canada ...
The siege of Fort William took place in the Scottish Highlands during the 1745 Jacobite Rising, from 20 March to 3 April 1746. [ 2 ] On 1 February 1746, the Jacobites abandoned the siege of Stirling Castle and withdrew to Inverness to wait for spring.
Fort William was then not primarily a settlement, but a central transport depot within the now-defunct North West Company's network of fur trade outposts. Due to its central role, Fort William was much larger, with more facilities than the average fur trade post. Reflecting this, Fort William Historical Park contains 42 reconstructed buildings ...