Fort Clarence (Nova Scotia)

Governor Edward Cornwallis’ principal engineer John Brewse designed the fort which was 35 to 40 feet above sea level - at the start there was a small battery of seven 12-pounder smooth bore cannon.

[1] In spring 1759, a Mi'kmaq attack on the Eastern Battery killed five soldiers.

[3] The reason for the transfer was probably to stem desertions by relocating the men to a place much farther away from their homes.

The KOR was assigned to protect the Eastern Battery on the shore of Halifax harbour at the south end of Woodside, where the neighborhood of Imperoyal now exists.

The refinery was converted to an oil storage depot in 2013 and archeologists are calling for the fort to be excavated.