page_title: Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site
hierarchical_section_title: Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site
caption_attribution_description: English: The view from Ft. Kaskaskia State Park overlooking Old Kaskaskia and the Mississippi River.
context_page_description: Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site is a 200-acre park near Chester, Illinois, on a blufftop overlooking the Mississippi River. It commemorates the vanished frontier town of Old Kaskaskia and the support it gave to George Rogers Clark in the American Revolution.
context_section_description: Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site is a 200-acre (0.8 km²) park near Chester, Illinois, on a blufftop overlooking the Mississippi River.  It commemorates the vanished frontier town of Old Kaskaskia and the support it gave to George Rogers Clark in the American Revolution.
caption: Fort's key strategic location overlooking the Mississippi River valley
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