Since before Columbus discovered the New World, the Kennebec River has been the scene of settlement and conflict. While Fort Halifax represents the most northern military outpost in the region, it is only one of more than twenty forts that have protected some portion of the river.

1. Fort Ancient Augusta (1718), 2. Fort Baldwin (1905), 3. Georgetown Battery (1808)/Fort Popham (1861), 4. Fort Sagadahoc (Stage Island, 1607), 5. Fort St. George (1607), 6. Fort at Cox's Head (1814), 7. Garrison at Georgetown (1734), 8. Samuel Denny's Fort [no date], 9. John Watt's Fort [no date], 10. Arrowsic Fort/Fort Menaskoux (1720), 11. Fort Lewis (1812), 12. Hammond's Fort/Clarke & Lake's Fort (1630, 1658), 13. Woolwich Garrisons (1676, 1740), 14. Fort Noble (1734), 15. Joseph Berry's Fort [no date], 16. Fort Lewis (pre-1745), 17. Fort Richmond (1719, 1741), 18. Fort Frankfort/Fort Shirley (1752).

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Firing a Cannon
The Casemate Key to a Fort's Design
Fort Popham: Guardian of the Kennebec
Percival P. Baxter
Sites of Forts in this Area
Fort Popham State Historic Site
Phippsburg Veterans and Mariners Memorial
The Caulkers' Shed (1899)
The Mould Loft (1917)
The Pitch Oven (1902)

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