Fort Menaskoux

Fort Menaskoux (1717-1725) - A Colonial era Fort established circa 1717 on Arrowsic Island, Sagadahoc County, Maine. Abandoned circa 1725. Also known as Arrowsic Fort (2). Assigned Location ID ME00070. History Fort Menaskoux (previously known as Newtown Fort) was a British colonial fort on Arrowsic Island, Maine. Fort Menaskoux was built circa 1717 and Captain Samuel Penhallow became the commander. On 9 Aug 1717, Massachusetts Governor Samuel Shute and Captain Penhallow conducted a two-day meeting on Arrowsic Island with delegates of various Indian tribes, who arrived in a flotilla of canoes and encamped on Lee Island opposite the town. In the meetings, the Indians objected to the many English forts in their territory, and Governor Shute responded that he would build them wherever he thought necessary. Hostile Indians later attacked the fort in 1722 and later during the Northeast Coast Campaign of Father Rale's War in 1724 killing numerous cattle and taking three of the herders' prisoners. Current Status Archelogical remains only. Location: Arrowsic Island, Sagadahoc County, Maine. Maps & Images Lat: 43.85241 Long: -69.78527 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: .....' GPS Locations: 43.85241, -69.78527 See Also: Father Rale's War Sources: Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 368. [1] Links: North American Forts - Fort Menaskoux Williamson, William D., The History of the State of Maine, from Its First Discovery, A.D. 1602, to The Separation, A.D. 1820 Inclusive, Vol. II, Glazier, Masters, & Co.,1832, republished, Pdf Wikipedia - Fort Menaskoux Visited: No