Pentagoet
|
Pentagoet Archeological District
|
|
 |
|
 
|
|
| Location | Castine, Maine |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 44°23′5″N 68°48′13″W / 44.38472°N 68.80361°WCoordinates: 44°23′5″N 68°48′13″W / 44.38472°N 68.80361°W |
| Built | 1629 |
| NRHP reference # | 93000603 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 12, 1993 |
| Designated NHLD | April 12, 1993 |
The Pentagoet Archeological District is a National Historic Landmark District located at the southern edge of the Bagaduce Peninsula in Castine, Maine. It is the site of Fort Pentagoet, a 17th-century fortified trading post established by fur traders of French Acadia. From 1635 to 1654 this site was a center of trade with the local Abenaki, and marked the effective western border of Acadia with New England. From 1654 to 1670 the site was under English control, after which it was returned to France by the Treaty of Breda. The fort was destroyed in 1674 by Dutch raiders. The site was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1993. It is now a public park.
This district forms part of the traditional homeland of the Abenaki Indians, in particular the Penobscot tribe. The location at the tip of the Bagaduce Peninsula, where the Bagaduce River enters Penobscot Bay, was where Claude de Saint-Etienne de la Tour established a small trading post to conduct business with the Tarrantine Indians (now called the Penobscots). The site was later seized by Englishmen from the Plymouth Colony, who operated there from 1629 to 1635. The territory was returned to France as part of the 1632 Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and in 1635 the fortified trading post was established by Charles de Menou d'Aulnay. Abenakis frequented the fortified trading post, bartering moosehides, sealskins, beaver and other furs in exchange for European commodities.
...
Wikipedia