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Fort Anne derives its name frorii 

 Queen Anne ; for in her time it ferved as a 

 fortification againfl; the French. It lies on 

 the weftern fide of the river Wcodcreek, 

 which is here as inconiiderable as a brook, 

 of a fathom's breadth, and may be waded 

 through in any part, during this feafon. 

 The fort is built in the fame manner as 

 the forts Saratoga and Nicholfon, that is to 

 fay, of palifades, v/ithin which the fol- 

 diers were quartered, and at the corners of 

 which were the lodgings of the officers. 

 The whole confifted of wood, becaufe it 

 was erected only with a view to refift ir- 

 regular troops. It is built on a little rifing 

 ground which runs obliquely to the river 

 Woodcreek. The country round about it is 

 partly flat, partly hilly, and partly marfhy, 

 but it coniifts merely of earth, and no 

 Hones are to be met with, though ever fo 

 carefully fought for. General Nichcl/on 

 built this fort in the year 1709 ; but at the 

 conclufion of the war, then carrying on 

 againfl: the French, it fhared the fame fate 

 with Saratoga and Fort Nicholfon, being 

 burnt by the Eng/iflj in 171 1 . This hap- 

 pened with the following circumftance : 

 In 171 1 the Englifo refolved to attack Ca- 

 nada, by land and by fea, at the fame time. 

 A powerful Englijh fleet failed up the river 



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