Fort William Augustus

The Fort was named after Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, a son of George II of Great Britain.

[5] In 1721, the governor of Massachusetts took proprietorial attitude toward the Canso fisheries and sent HMS Seahorse to patrol the waters off Nova Scotia.

[6] HMS Seahorse was replaced in 1721 by a New England vessel, William Augustus under the command of Southack.

[9] In 1725, sixty Abenakis and Mi'kmaq launched another attack on Canso, destroying two houses and killing six people.

The French and Mi'kmaq destroyed the fort in the Raid on Canso during King George's War (1744).