Fort Algernon
Fort Algernon (also spelled Fort Algernourne) was established in the fall of 1609 at the mouth of
Virginia Colony. A strategic point for guarding the shipping channel leading from the Chesapeake Bay, Fort Monroe was built there beginning in the 1830s. The area is now known as Old Point Comfort. Long part of Elizabeth City County, the site is now located in the independent city of Hampton, Virginia
.
After
Virginia Company of Plymouth's failed Popham Colony in present-day Maine
), was anchored nearby.
The fort was very close to the
Anglo-Powhatan War
, this village was attacked and captured by English colonists on July 9, 1610, who built then there another fort, named Fort Charles.
In mid-1611, a fire accidentally destroyed all of Fort Algernon except for Davis' own house and the storehouse; however, Davis quickly rebuilt it as before.