Fort Frederick (Newfoundland)
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Fort Frederick was a British
By the 1740s, the British began construction of New Fort, which overlay the former Fort Louis.
During the French and Indian War, Governor Thomas Graves was forced to temporarily move to Placentia following the French victory in the Battle of Signal Hill at St. John's. Fort Frederick was partially repaired.
See also
References
- ^ Collections of the Maine Historical Society. (1st Ser.̈, Volume 3, p. 428)
- ^ "Placentia Tourism - Attractions". Archived from the original on 2013-12-04. Retrieved 2013-12-03.
- ^ Brodhead, John Romeyn (1858). Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York. Vol. 10. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co. pp. 172, 174.