- Fort Amherst, St. John's
Fort Amherst is a small community within
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador . It is located at coord|47|33|51|N|52|41|08|W|, on the southern side of "The Narrows", the entrance to St. John's harbor. Apart from some family dwellings, Fort Amherst consists of a man-made harbor, [cite web|url=http://www.smallboatbasin.nf.net/|title=Fort Amherst small boat harbor|accessdate=2007-08-27] alighthouse cite web|url=http://www.lhdepot.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=985|title=Fort Amherst lighthouse|accessdate=2007-08-27] and the remains of gun emplacements built duringWorld War II to defend against GermanU-boats .cite web|url=http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/defence_fisheries.html|title=Fort Amherst history|accessdate=2007-08-27]The original fortifications at Fort Amherst, built in the 1770s, are no longer visible. The fortifications were named for
William Amherst [cite web|url=http://www.grandconcourse.ca/noflash2004/files/GCA-FortAmherst_02-10.pdf |title=The Grand Concourse: Plans Presented for Fort Amherst|accessdate=2008-05-07] , who successfully recaptured St. John's from French forces in 1762 [cite web|url=ngb.chebucto.org/Articles/amherst-1762.shtml |title=The Recapture of St. John's, Newfoundlandin 1762|accessdate=2008-05-07]The name is shared with
Port La-Joye / Fort Amherst inPrince Edward Island andFort Amherst inEngland .The first lighthouse in Newfoundland was built at Fort Amherst in 1810. [cite web|url=http://www.stjohns.ca/visitors/attractions/historicsites.jsp|title=Historic sites around St.Johns|accessdate=2007-08-27] . The current lighthouse was built in 1951.
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