Fort Kent Blockhouse, Maine

The blockhouse, on the river at Fort Kent, is an historic landmark left from the Aroostook War, a war with Canada that raged locally for decades more then a century ago. The conflict reached its peak in 1839, when militia were mobilized by both sides, and this blockhouse was built as a fortification by the Americans, seeking to maintain this territory, with its rich reserves of timber, and the river to float it on. Federal officials on both sides negotiated a truce before any shots were fired, and a compromised boundary was agreed upon. The restored blockhouse contains relics from the period, but mostly displays images of itself, in various media, and from various points of view.