Qualla: Siege of Fort Nashwaak https://qualla.com/siege-of-fort-nashwaak en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:18 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/f/8/0/t/siege-of-fort-nashwaak-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Siege of Fort Nashwaak https://qualla.com/siege-of-fort-nashwaak Siege of Fort Nashwaak: Introduction https://qualla.com/siege-of-fort-nashwaak/ Photo credit Unknown author., Public domain. Governor Villebon had chosen the junction of the Nashwaak and Saint John rivers for a reason. When he relocated Acadia's capital from Fort Jemseg in 1691, he wanted distance from the coast, proximity to the Maliseet capital at Meductic, and access to the portage routes that threaded through the New Brunswick interior. Fort Nashwaak -- a four-sided log palisade he called Fort St. Joseph -- sat on the north bank of the Nashwaak, commanding the river approach from the south. In October 1696, those advantages would be tested when a New England force of 400 men arrived to burn it down.

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/f/8/0/t/siege-of-fort-nashwaak-wp/f80t-siege-of-fort-nashwaak-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Siege of Fort Nashwaak: Retaliation Up the River https://qualla.com/siege-of-fort-nashwaak/ Photo credit Unknown author., Public domain. The siege grew from tit-for-tat warfare between French Acadia and English New England. Earlier in 1696, French and Indigenous forces had destroyed Fort William Henry at Pemaquid in present-day Maine -- a fort that Major Benjamin Church himself had helped build. Church, a veteran ...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/f/8/0/t/siege-of-fort-nashwaak-wp/f80t-siege-of-fort-nashwaak-retaliation-up-the-river.mp3 0:06 2 full Siege of Fort Nashwaak: Allies from Meductic https://qualla.com/siege-of-fort-nashwaak/ Photo credit Unknown author., Public domain. Villebon did not wait passively for the English. On October 11, he sent word to Father Simon-Gerard de La Place at Meductic, requesting Maliseet militia. Five days later, Father Simon and Acadian officer Sieur de Clignancourt arrived with 36 Maliseet warriors. Pierre Maisonnat di...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/f/8/0/t/siege-of-fort-nashwaak-wp/f80t-siege-of-fort-nashwaak-allies-from-meductic.mp3 0:06 3 full Siege of Fort Nashwaak: Two Days of Cannon Fire https://qualla.com/siege-of-fort-nashwaak/ Photo credit Unknown author., Public domain. On October 18, the New England forces under Colonel John Hathorne and Major Benjamin Church landed opposite the fort and set up earthworks on the south bank of the Nashwaak. They brought three cannons ashore, though one was positioned too close to the French lines and drew wither...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/f/8/0/t/siege-of-fort-nashwaak-wp/f80t-siege-of-fort-nashwaak-two-days-of-cannon-fire.mp3 0:06 4 full Siege of Fort Nashwaak: Retreat and Pursuit https://qualla.com/siege-of-fort-nashwaak/ Photo credit Unknown author., Public domain. The New Englanders withdrew having suffered eight killed and seventeen wounded. The French lost one killed and two wounded, including Mathieu d'Amours. As Church's men retreated downriver, the defenders harassed them with musket fire and let them believe a larger Indigenous force...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/f/8/0/t/siege-of-fort-nashwaak-wp/f80t-siege-of-fort-nashwaak-retreat-and-pursuit.mp3 0:06 5 full Siege of Fort Nashwaak: The Capital Moves On https://qualla.com/siege-of-fort-nashwaak/ Photo credit Unknown author., Public domain. The New Englanders' failure at Fort Nashwaak did not end the border conflict. Church had warned the Acadians at Chignecto that he would return if New Englanders continued to suffer -- a promise he kept during Queen Anne's War, when he raided Chignecto again and struck at Grand Pr...

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