The boat is modeled after the watercraft used 250 years ago during Benedict Arnold's ill-fated campaign up the Kennebec River ...

Fort Halifax Park was immediately closed after the flooding due to the hazardous conditions. At a special Jan. 29 Town Council meeting, Public Works Director Paul Fongemie said “all structures ...

The 17th Colonial Fort Halifax Festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. It will be held at Fort Halifax Park on Route 147 in Dauphin County. Admission and parking are free. Among ...

Though some historic reenactments and demonstrations held annually at Fort Halifax Park were rained out this year, spirits were still high among eventgoers, and a plaque commemorating the site was ...

The Juniata College Archaeology Field School began its 2024 Rediscovery of Fort Halifax project on Wednesday and will continue through June 14. It’s being coordinated by Dr. Jonathan Burns ...

HALIFAX — In 1756, a regiment of Pennsylvania soldiers left present-day Harrisburg and marched north along the Susquehanna River, stopping along the river’s east bank to build a log fort, ...

Fort Halifax Park, which sits at the confluence of the Kennebec and Sebasticook rivers, has been closed to the public since the Dec. 18 flood damaged the park’s bandstand, washed away benches ...

HALIFAX TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WHTM) — Along Route 147 in Halifax Township, Dauphin County, is a stone monument with a plaque. It commemorates a fort that helped defend the region during the French and ...

Friends of Fort Halifax Park, a non-profit that supports and manages the park, took to social media Monday to share concerns about the sale and what it could mean for the 200-year-old buildings ...

DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. — In 1756, a detachment of colonial militia built a small fort along the Susquehanna river in what is now Halifax township.

Fort Halifax was one of a line of fortifications erected by the Provincial government along the Susquehanna River in 1756, located about a half mile north of Halifax Borough, was built by Colonel ...