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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1814-1815) - A British [[War of 1812]] fort established in 1814 by British General [[Girard Gosselin]] in present day Castine, Hancock County, Maine. Abandoned in 1815. | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1814-1815) - A British [[War of 1812]] fort established in 1814 by British General [[Girard Gosselin]] in present day Castine, Hancock County, Maine. Abandoned in 1815. | ||
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'''Location:''' Private Property, Castine, Hancock County, Maine. | '''Location:''' Private Property, Castine, Hancock County, Maine. | ||
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* Elevation: | * Elevation: 51' | ||
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[[Category:Maine Hancock County]] | [[Category:Maine Hancock County]] | ||
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[[Category:2012 Research Trip]] | [[Category:2012 Research Trip]] | ||
[[Category:War of 1812 Forts]] | [[Category:War of 1812 Forts]] | ||
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Fort Furieuse (1814-1815) - A British War of 1812 fort established in 1814 by British General Girard Gosselin in present day Castine, Hancock County, Maine. Abandoned in 1815.
War of 1812 (1812-1814)Fort Furieuse was established after the British capture of Castine in September 1814. This fort was built as one of a series of smaller fortifications surrounding the main British fort on the peninsula, Fort George. The other British fortifications included Fort Griffith, Fort Sherbrooke (2), Fort Gosselin, the captured Fort Madison (1) (renamed Fort Castine) and a number of gun batteries. The fort was dismantled when the British left in April 1815. Current StatusMarker only on private property, Castine, Hancock County, Maine
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