PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Fort Amherst | Fort Augustus | Fort Edward | Post at Port la Joye | Prince Edward Battery

NOTE: Prince Edward Island was known by the French as Īle St. Jean, as part of Acadia. The island became British in 1763 (de facto 1758), known as St. John's Island. Renamed in 1798. Administered by Nova Scotia until separated in 1769.

Fort Augustus
(unknown dates), Fort Augustus

Fort Edward
(1805 - 1871), Charlottetown
This was Prince Edward Battery, built in 1805, moved from Great George Street. Renamed Fort Edward later. The brick magazine was built in 1868. The site became part of Victoria Park in 1873.

Fort Amherst
(Port-la-Joye / Fort Amherst National Historic Site)
(1758 - 1768), Rocky Point
This was the province's first permanent European settlement. Port-la-Joye was founded by the French in 1720. A small garrison of French troops were posted here in 1726 (Post at Port-la-Joye), with barracks, Officers' quarters, and a powder magazine, but a true fort was never built. British-American troops garrisoned the island in 1745 - 1748 after the fall of Louisbourg, NS. The British captured the colony again in 1758 and built the first fort. It fell into ruin when the British troops left the island.

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Towns: Scotchfort (Indian Reserve) near Mt. Stewart; Frenchfort across from Fort Augustus.