Fort Hughes Military Blockhouse

A replica of Fort Hughes, an American Revolutionary War blockhouse, stands near its original location beside the Oromocto River in the Sir Douglas Hazen Park.  The original fort had been built in 1780 and garrisoned until the end of the war by a Loyalist regiment called the Royal Fencible Americans. It was rebuilt in 1812 during the Revolutionary War. Because of this connection, the town crest of Oromocto contains two soldiers from the Fencibles. A local artist, Monty MacMillan, was commissioned to create a wooden statue of a Royal Fencible American which stands on guard at the Fort alongside a French-forces soldier.