🪖 Fort Sackville (Nova Scotia)

Canada · Americas · 44.73°N, 63.66°W

Fort Sackville was a British fort in present-day Bedford, Nova Scotia. It was built during Father Le Loutre's War (1749-1755) by British adjacent to present-day Scott Manor House, on a hill overlooking the Sackville River to help prevent French, Acadian and Mi'kmaq attacks on Halifax. The fort consisted of a blockhouse, a guard house, a barracks that housed 50 soldiers, and outbuildings, all encompassed by a palisade. Not far from the fort was a rifle range. The fort was named after George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville.

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Country	Canada
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	44.73°N, 63.66°W · view on map

Fort Sackville (Nova Scotia) is located in Canada, in Americas.

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