Baron St. Castin (1650-1712)
Description
Baron Jean Vincent de St. Castin was born in France and served in the French military in Acadia in the early 17th century. He married a Penobscot Indian and was active in the beaver fur trade, establishing a trading post at Castine. He engaged in many military skimishes against the English for dominance over land in Nova Scotia and northern Maine between 1665 and 1712.