Fort Bute was a colonial fort built by the British in 1766 to protect the confluence of Bayou Manchac with the Mississippi River and was named in honor of the Earl of Bute. Fort Bute was located on Bayou Manchac, about 115 miles up the Mississippi River from New Orleans, on the far western border of British West Florida. It was one of the three outpos…
Fort Bute was a colonial fort built by the British in 1766 to protect the confluence of Bayou Manchac with the Mississippi River and was named in honor of the Earl of Bute. Fort Bute was located on Bayou Manchac, about 115 miles up the Mississippi River from New Orleans, on the far western border of British West Florida. It was one of the three outposts maintained by the British in the lower Mississippi along with Fort Panmure and the Baton Rouge outpost.
Location: British West Florida, now East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Built: 1776
Built by: Kingdom of Great Britain
Demolished: 1779
Important events: Capture of Fort Bute · Gulf Coast campaign
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