Rachel and I had some time to kill while we waited for our evening kayaking trip in Castine, so we popped by Fort George.
Fort George was quite uneventful. Not much remaining on the site, and definitely not worth driving out of your way for. It was also very buggy, so bug spray was a must!
About Fort George: Fort George was built in 1779 by Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War as part of an initiative by the English to establish a colony called New Ireland. At the time, it was Britain’s largest fort in North America. The fort was the principal site of British defense during the Massachusetts-organized Penobscot Expedition - a failed attempt to retake Castine. The fort was abandoned and demolished in 1819, and the state of Maine acquired the land and the remains of the fort in 1940.