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Kelowna, Canada
$32.50
Title
Fort Amherst Newfoundland
Artist
Sharon Duguay
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Canvas
Description
Fort Amherst is a Natioal Historic Site of Canada..A military defence installation,the fort was strategically located for the defence of St. Johns Newfoundland,..the fort is situated within the boundarys of Signal Hill National Historis Site of Canada
Located on a hilly promontory overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, Fort Amherst National Historic Site of Canada, of which there are no visible remains, sits at South Head, the entrance to the Narrows of St. John�s Harbour in Newfoundland. Now marked by a Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaque, the fort was strategically located to provide for the defence of St. John�s. Fort Amherst is situated within the boundaries of Signal Hill National Historic Site of Canada. Official recognition refers to a five-metre radius surrounding the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada cairn and plaque.
Heritage Value
Fort Amherst was designated a national historic site of Canada in 1951 because:
- the British fortification, completed on this site in 1777, guarded the mouth of St. John�s harbour, and was named after colonel William Amherst, who had recaptured St. John�s from the French in 1762.
The heritage value of Fort Amherst lies in its strategic location and its long history of use as a military defensive installation. In 1769, a proposal was put forth to build a battery intended to give protection to ships which were headed for the harbour but could not enter due to high winds. Named Fort Amherst, this battery was located at the South Head entrance to the Narrows. Part of an extended system of defence designed to protect British interests in Newfoundland, it was constructed between 1772 and 1777 under the supervision of Captain Robert Pringle of the British Royal Engineers. Fort Amherst consisted of a tower and a small battery below, eventually pierced for 20 guns. While the original eighteenth-century fort eventually fell into ruin, Fort Amherst�s strategic importance was evident long after the colonial wars of the eighteenth century, as evidenced by the nineteenth and twentieth-century military installations that later occupied the site.
Sources: Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
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December 21st, 2011
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Viewed 3,910 Times - Last Visitor from Saint Louis, MO on 04/17/2024 at 5:44 PM
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Roscoe, NY - United States
I love this one! It reminds me of my visit to Newfoundland. Hope to return someday.
Loving The Annapolis Valley, NS - Canada
Congratulations on your wonderful sale Sharon! This is so incredibly lovely!
Las Vegas, NV - United States
Wonderful painting with this historic place in St. John's and fantastic landscape viewed from above! I've seen the place but not from this perspective.
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