Fort Dufferin Traditional Cache
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On the cliffs of West Saint John overlooking Partridge Island are the ruins of Fort Dufferin. The fort was built in 1839-1840 and originally was called the Negro Point Battery (a name that still exists on some maps) but was changed by the British in 1873 to honor Lord Dufferin, the governor general of Canada that visited that year. The location was once home to a busy military fortification that boasted 10 gun platforms, a guard house, offices, a store building, searchlight buildings and many magazine batteries. The fort had many modifications over its history to keep up with the technology of the weapons that would be present on the ships entering the harbor. The fort was officially decommissioned in 1944.
The location was an important site in the early history of the Canadian artillery. The cliffs were chosen for their unique strategic value in defending the western side of the Saint John harbor and the channel between the headland and Partridge Island.
At the site are the remains of three gun platforms, two searchlight buildings and the rubble of magazine batteries. You can still see the mounds of earth where the magazines would of been located and thus chose them for the cache location as they are the most unrecognizable feature that remains.
Please enjoy a walk along this gorgeous coastline and enjoy a respectful glimpse of one of Saint John's important military fortifications.
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