Castine

Castine

 historic resort town, Hancock county, southern Maine, U.S., on a promontory in Penobscot Bay, across the water from Belfast (west). For 200 years the place held a key position in the struggle between England and France—and to a lesser extent the Netherlands—for control of the Acadian seaboard. In 1613 the French constructed a trading post (later Fort Pentagoet) at the site. A trading post for the Plymouth colony also was built there, in 1626, but was attacked by French buccaneers in 1632. French Capuchin and Jesuit missions were established in the vicinity in the 1640s. The Frenchman Jean-Vincent d'Abbadie, Baron St. Castin (for whom the town was named), lived there (1667–97); he married the daughter of a local (Tarratine) Indian chief and played a prominent role in conflicts with the British and Dutch. The site was permanently settled by English colonists in 1760. In 1779, during the American Revolution, a naval expedition, in which Paul Revere (Revere, Paul) participated, unsuccessfully tried to take Castine from the British, who held it until 1783. The much-harassed settlement was finally incorporated in 1796, only to be again occupied by the British for nearly a year during the War of 1812 (1812, War of).

      The town has more than 100 historic markers. Landmarks include Fort George (built by the British in 1779 and partially restored as a state memorial) and earthwork remnants of Fort Madison (built by the Americans in 1811, occupied by the British during the War of 1812, and reconstructed during the American Civil War). The Wilson Museum displays colonial and Indian artifacts, old tools and farm equipment, and other memorabilia. The State of Maine (the former USNS Tanner) is a 16,000-ton training ship moored to the pier of the Maine Maritime Academy (founded 1941). Area 8 square miles (20 square km). Pop. (1990) 1,161; (2000) 1,343.

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