Fort Canby
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Volcanoguy
N 46° 16.693 W 124° 03.224
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Sign near Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center at Cape Disappointment S.P., Washington.
Waymark Code: WM10K7
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 12/03/2006
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This sign is located in the northern gun emplacement of Battery Harvey Allen below the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center.
Marker Name: Fort Canby: In Defense of the Columbia River
Marker Text: The U.S. Army constructed Fort Canby, along with Fort Columbia and Fort Stevens, to defend the entrance to the Columbia River from enemy warships. U.S. Army troops manned the forts from the mid-19th century until the end of World War II. The specialized troops trained to respond to all possible threats from enemy warships. To do so, they operated high-powered weaponry that was the world’s best and most modern technology of the times.
The U.S. Army began constructing Fort Canby in 1863. The next year the first troops arrived. Over the next 80 years, improvements at Fort Canby kept pace with changes in the military technology of coast defense. The fort remained intact as a military reservation until 1948.