Forts and Castles Topic

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Forts and Castles Topic

By Barry Swackhamer, June 22, 2014

World War II Battery Marker

1 ► Newfoundland and Labrador, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Blackhead — World War II Battery — Batterie del a IIième Guerre mondaile — Fort Cape Spear / Le fort du cap Spear —

English In 1940, the American and Canadian Joint Board of Defence decided to protect the approaches to St. John’s harbour by installing heavy artillery at Cape Spear. Gun emplacements, magazines, and shelters were constructed by 1941 as . . . — — Map (db m79463) HM

2 ► Newfoundland and Labrador, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Placentia — (Fort Royal) — Outer Defences / Défenses avancées —

English Gaillardin Redoubt Built originally of logs and subsequently of drywall masonry, this small enclosure surrounded by a breastwork was intended to keep an enemy from taking possession of Gaillardia Mountain, which overlooked . . . — — Map (db m78970) HM

3 ► Newfoundland and Labrador, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Placentia — Castle Hill —

English In 1693 the French began construction of Fort Royal to guard the harbour at Placentia. When it was completed in 1703, several batteries and outworks supported the main fortifications. The defences, however, were precariously . . . — — Map (db m78917) HM

4 ► Newfoundland and Labrador, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Placentia — Castle Hill —

English Welcome to Castle Hill National Historic Site of Canada By 1600, France and England dominated the European migratory fisheries to Newfoundland. Small-scale English settlements began in 1610, and in 1662 France . . . — — Map (db m78919) HM

5 ► Newfoundland and Labrador, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Placentia — Fort Frederick —

A fort consisting of a semi-circular redoubt mounting twelve guns, a guard house, barracks and storehouse surrounded by a palisade was erected on this site in 1721 and was named after H.R.H. Prince Frederick, then Prince of Wales. Although the . . . — — Map (db m78918) HM

6 ► Newfoundland and Labrador, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Placentia — Fort Royal (Plaisance) — le fort Royal —

English Built in the Vauban style, Fort Royal was designed to protect against attackers with siege artillery and muskets. It contains three demi-bastions and one full bastion. The overlapping faces of the demi-bastions form a flank that . . . — — Map (db m78935) HM

7 ► Newfoundland and Labrador, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Placentia — Port Royal and Castle Graves — Port Royal et Castle Graves —

English Fort Royal, 1709 Following an English naval attack on Plaisance in 1692 the French decided to erect a hilltop fortification to defend the town’s seaward approach. Fort Royal was begun the next year and completed around 1703. . . . — — Map (db m79009) HM

8 ► Newfoundland and Labrador, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, St. John's — Fever Hospital — L’hôpital des maladies contagieuses —

English Two adjoining barracks were constructed on this site between 1837 and 1840. The two story complex stretched the length of the present parking lot. It was converted to stores in 1842 because of problems with smoke, cold and . . . — — Map (db m78936) HM

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