Fort Sackville, Military museum in Bedford, Canada

Fort Sackville was a British fort built in 1749 at present-day Bedford, on a hill above the Sackville River near Scott Manor House. It consisted of a blockhouse, a guard house, a barracks for 50 soldiers and outbuildings, all enclosed by a palisade, with a rifle range nearby. It was named after George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville.

On 11 September 1749 Cornwallis sent New England ranger John Gorham to build a fort at the mouth of the Sackville River, guarding Halifax against Wabanaki, Acadian and French attack. Captain Alexander Murray commanded there in early 1750, and in August 1750 Cornwallis replaced Gorham with Captain Francis Bartelo, who was killed the following month at the Battle at Chignecto, not here. Gorham was back by March 1751; in 1757 John Knox counted the garrison among British troops who "could not be reputed in any other light than as prisoners."

The museum displays objects that show how British settlers, Acadians, and Mi'kmaq people lived and interacted during the 1700s. These items reveal the relationships and tensions that existed between these groups in the region.

The site sits on a hillside overlooking the river, which makes it easy to get oriented and offers views while walking around the grounds. Visitors can explore the reconstructed spaces from different angles and understand how the location fits into its surroundings.

Fort Sackville was named after George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, not after the river or the community of Bedford. The site stood next to a rifle range, and in late September 1752 Mi'kmaq stripped and scalped a man caught outside the palisade. Today Fort Sackville Elementary and Fort Sackville Road in Bedford carry the name.