Fort St. George

Late in May 1706 two ships, carrying 120 men, left Plymouth, England, for the Kennebec region. In late August they chose to settle on Sabino Head and started building Fort St. George, also known as the Popham Colony. Soon the careful planning and high hopes quickly met a harsh reality. The weather quickly turned cold and the stocks of foods and other necessary good decreased rapidly. In December the same year, 45 colonists left their settlement, sailing back to England. The second ship had sailed back to England to restock supplies for the colony, in October. The ship returned to Fort St. George in early fall 1608. After the death of George Popham, the leader of the expedition and the rusty start of the colony, the settles determined to abandon Fort St. George and returned to England.

Remnants of Fort St. George were discovered in 1994 and verified by archaeologists in 1997. Since 1997 nine archaeological digs explored this short lived colony and its Chapel, storehouses or living houses.

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