Fort Cumberland
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Fort Cumberland can refer to:
  • Fort Cumberland (England)
    Fort Cumberland (England)
    Fort Cumberland is a pentagonal artillery fortification erected to guard the entrance to Langstone Harbour, east of the naval port of Portsmouth on the south coast of England. It was sited to protect the Royal Navy Dockyard, by preventing enemy forces from landing in Langstone Harbour and attacking...

  • Fort Cumberland (Canada) also known as Fort Beauséjour
    Fort Beauséjour
    Fort Beauséjour, was built during Father Le Loutre's War from 1751-1755; it is located at the Isthmus of Chignecto in present-day Aulac, New Brunswick, Canada...

  • Fort Cumberland (Maryland)
    Fort Cumberland (Maryland)
    thumb|380px|Fort Cumberland, 1755 Fort Cumberland was an 18th century frontier fort at the current site of Cumberland, Maryland, USA...



Fort Cumberland is located in Cucumber Land, Cumber is short for Cucumber. Fort Cumberland was founded by Johnson Merrell, a moonshiner in 1687. It was originally used as a place for prostitutes to live since prostitutes were outlawed during the prohibition in 1654. Merrell died in 1702 from a blister on his phallus that was caused by to much vaginal sex. This blister became infected, and he died.
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