Fort Halifax
Fort Halifax is a former British outpost on the banks of the Sebasticook River, just above its mouth at the Kennebec River, in Winslow, Maine. Originally built as a wooden palisaded fort in 1754, during the French and Indian War, only a single blockhouse survives.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: fort in Maine
- Also known as: “Fort Halifax State Historic Site”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Waterville Opera House and City Hall and First Baptist Church.
Waterville Opera House and City Hall
Theater building
Photo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Waterville Opera House and City Hall is a historic civic building at Castonguay Square in downtown Waterville, Maine. Built at the turn of the 20th century, it is one of a small number of multifunction civic buildings, housing both a live performance venue and municipal facilities, functions it continues to perform today. Waterville Opera House and City Hall is situated 3,800 feet north of Fort Halifax.
First Baptist Church
Church
Photo: Hugh Manatee, Public domain.
The First Baptist Church is a historic church at 1 Park Street in Waterville, Maine. Built in 1826, it is the city's oldest standing public building. It was renovated in 1875 to a design by Francis H. First Baptist Church is situated 1 mile north of Fort Halifax.
Waterville Public Library
Library
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The Waterville Public Library is the public library serving Waterville, Maine. Waterville Public Library is situated 1 mile north of Fort Halifax.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Winslow and Waterville.
Winslow
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Winslow is a town in the Kennebec and Moose River Valleys region of Maine, along the Kennebec River across from Waterville.
Waterville
Photo: Jody Roberts, CC BY 2.0.
Waterville is a small city on the Kennebec River, home to Colby College. Because of its location along a former migration corridor between Quebec and New England, Franco-American culture is evident here.
Waterville Main Street Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Waterville Main Street Historic District encompasses the best-preserved portions of the historical commercial downtown area of Waterville, Maine. Developed most intensively in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this area was the center of commerce for Waterville and the surrounding rural communities.
Fort Halifax
- Categories: fort, state historic site in the United States, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Town of Winslow, Kennebec, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.53959° or 44° 32′ 23″ northLongitude
-69.629° or 69° 37′ 44″ westOpen location code
87PGG9QC+R9OpenStreetMap ID
node 1818455044OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q3077887
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“Fort Halifax” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “哈利法克斯堡”
- Dutch: “Fort Halifax”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن هاليفاكس”
- French: “fort Halifax”
- French: “Fort Halifax”
- Russian: “Форт-Галифакс”
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Highlights include Winslow Bridge and Town of Winslow Lands.
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