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Fort St. George
fort, Maine, United States
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significance to Maine
- In Kennebec River
Fort St. George, founded in 1607 at the head of navigation on the river near present-day Augusta, was the state’s first English settlement. The river’s name is Algonquian for “long, quiet water” and describes the stretch of river below Augusta.
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