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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1695-1945) - Signal Hill was a fortified complex, first established in 1695 at St. John's, Newfoundland for the defense of St. John's harbour. The complex was active from the Colonial era through World War II. Deactivated as a fortification in 1945.
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== History ==
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A fortified complex first established in 1695 at St. John's, Newfoundland for the defense of St. John's harbour and the city itself. This complex came to include forts, batteries and signalling stations on both sides of the narrow entrance to St. John's harbor as well as those fortifications atop Signal Hill itself.

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| [[Queen's Battery]] || align="center" | (1796-1870) || {{GPSLink|Lat=47.56855|Lon=-52.68585}} || 
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| [[Fort Chain Rock]] || align="center" | (1673-Unk) || {{GPSLink|Lat=47.5675|Lon=-52.68769}} || 
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| [[Battery Waldegrave]]<br>[[Fort Waldegrave]] || align="center" | (1798-1868) || {{GPSLink|Lat=47.56897|Lon=-52.69097}} || 
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| [[Frederick's Battery]] || align="center" |  || {{GPSLink|Lat=47.56451|Lon=-52.685}} || 
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| [[Quidi Vidi Battery]] || align="center" | (1762-1870) || {{GPSLink|Lat=47.58019|Lon=-52.67366}} || 
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| [[Wallace's Battery]] || align="center" | () || {{GPSLink|Lat=47.57106|Lon=-52.68905}} || 
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== (1697-1870) ==

== Battle of Signal Hill (15 Sep 1762) ==
The hill was the site of the Battle of Signal Hill on 15 Sep 1762 when British Lieutenant Colonel [[William Amherst]] led an expeditionary force to recapture St. John’s from the French.
== [[World War I]] (1914-1918) ==
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| [[Battery Waldegrave]]<br>[[Fort Waldegrave]] || align="center" | (1916-1920) || {{GPSLink|Lat=47.56897|Lon=-52.69097}} || 
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== [[World War II]] (1939-1945) ==
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| [[Fort Chain Rock]] || align="center" | (1941-1945) || {{GPSLink|Lat=47.5675|Lon=-52.68769}} || 
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| [[Signal Hill 8" Battery]] || align="center" | (1941-1942) || {{GPSLink|Lat=47.57087|Lon=-52.68113}} || Relocated to [[Red Cliff Battery]]
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| [[Fort Amherst (4)|Fort Amherst]] || align="center" | (1941-1945) || {{GPSLink|Lat=47.5636|Lon=-52.67987}} || 
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| [[Sigal Hill 155mm Battery]] || align="center" | () || {{GPSLink|Lat=|Lon=}} || 
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| [[Signal Hill AMTB Battery]] || align="center" | () || {{GPSLink|Lat=|Lon=}} || 
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== Current Status ==
Part of Signal Hill National Historic Site. Period guns and mounts in place.
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'''Location:''' St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

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* Elevation: 350'
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'''See Also:'''
* [[Chain Rock Battery (2|Chain Rock Battery]]
* [[Waldegrave Battery]]
* [[Wallace's Battery]]
* [[Signal Hill 8" Battery]]
* [[Quide Vidi Battery]]
* [[Newfoundland Fortifications]]
* [[:Category:Harbor Defense of St. John's|Harbor Defense of St. John's]]

'''Sources:'''
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* Candow, James E., '''''A Structural And Narrative History Of Queen's Battery''''', Manuscript Report No. 343, Parks Canada, Signal Hill National Historic Park, 1980, [http://parkscanadahistory.com/series/mrs/343.pdf Pdf]

'''Links: '''
* [http://www.northamericanforts.com/Canada/nf.html#stjohns North American Forts - Signal Hill]
* [http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=4439 Canada's Historic Places - Signal Hill]
* [https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/nflds/article/view/18353/19798 Newfoundland and Labrador Studies - Defence Works in the St. John's Narrows]

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