Fort O'Brien State Historic Site
Machiasport, Maine is a historic seaport home to the Fort O'Brien State Historic Site, though the name has changed with its destruction and rebuilding over the course of 90 years and is sometimes known as Fort Machias.
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Fort O'Brien State Historic Site Details
Machiasport, Maine is a historic seaport home to the Fort O'Brien State Historic Site, though the name has changed with its destruction and rebuilding over the course of 90 years and is sometimes known as Fort Machias. The site has been active throughout the course of three wars, The Revolutionary War, Civil War, and War of 1812 and is locally claimed to be the site of the first Revolutionary War Naval Battle, although it is actually the second. A cannon still stands at the site where the old fortresses once stood guard.
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Machiasport Town Landing
Facilities: Hand-carry Boat Launch, Parking
