page_title: Castle Hill, Newfoundland and Labrador
section_title: Father Rale's War
hierarchical_section_title: Castle Hill, Newfoundland and Labrador / Father Rale's War
caption_attribution_description: English: Fort Frederick Newfoundland Map
context_page_description: Castle Hill is an area containing the remains of both French and British fortifications, overlooking the town of Placentia in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The site was originally established in order to protect the French fishing interests in Newfoundland and the approaches to the French colony of Canada.
context_section_description: After briefly occupying Fort Louis, under the command of Samuel Gledhill, the British built the redoubt Fort Frederick (Newfoundland) to help fortify their acquisition of Placentia. It served as the military headquarters for Newfoundland from 1721-1746.  There was a report that the Mi'kmaq were involved in a raid of Pleasance during Father Rale's War in which they were said to have killed 200 English. Governor Drummer did not believe the report.
  By the 1740s, the British began construction of New Fort which overlaid the former Fort Louis.
caption: Fort Frederick Newfoundland Map
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