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Fort Foster, now part of Fort Foster Park, is a historic fort active 1901–1946 on the southwest tip of Gerrish Island in the Kittery Point area of Kittery, Maine. The park includes beaches and trails. [1] Battery Bohlen and Battery Chapin were the major parts of the fort. [2]
Fort Foster is a local treasure, as well as a complex and vital natural resource providing habitat to native and endangered animals, plants and trees.
The land for Fort Foster, located on the southwest tip of Gerrish Island in Kittery Point, Maine, was acquired by the federal government in 1872, making this fort the last of the "old" forts that were built in the Portsmouth area.
6 paź 2018 · Fort Foster was built at the dawn of the 20th century, in an effort to shore up coastal defenses following the Spanish-American War. Today the site provides a unique platform to appreciate Maine’s coastal beauty.
5 dni temu · The fort is named for a NH Civil War general whose picture is hanging in the state capitol in Concord. We visited a similar coastal defense site in western Canada during the winter last year and the place was alive with historians and reconstructed armories.
Located on Gerrish Island in Kittery, ME, Fort Foster functioned as a coastal fort during the Endicott Period, World War I and World War II and served to protect Maine’s southernmost tip. The fort was closed in 1948, and was later acquired by the town of Kittery for park purposes.
10 kwi 2005 · This website covers the history of Fort Foster in Kittery, Maine, from 1873-1948. This site also includes a photo tour of the historic fort and batteries.
