Skmaqn—Port-la-Joye—Fort Amherst

Site Name: Skmaqn—Port-la-Joye—Fort Amherst
Description: A hilly landscape on the west side of the channel entrance to Charlottetown harbour, with remnants of an 18th-century fort built by the French and later occupied by the British; the site was the seat of government and port of entry for settlers to Île Saint-Jean/Prince Edward Island
Date: 1720 (established)
Location: Rocky Point, Prince Edward Island
Region: Atlantic region
Geolocation : 46.197222, -63.136944
Designated: 1958




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