State park, Waimea, Kauaʻi. On this land donated by Kaumualiʻi, Georg Anton Scheffer began construction of a fort in 1816 called Fort Elizabeth in honor of the consort of the Russian Emperor Alexander (Kuy. 1:58; Pierce). The fort was attacked during a local rebellion in 1824 (Kuy. 1:118).
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State historic park (17.3 acres), Waimea, Kauaʻi. On the east bank of the Waimea River across from Lucy Wright Beach Park. The fort was constructed between 1815 and 1817 during an alliance between King Kaumualiʻi of Kauaʻi and the Russian-American Company, represented by a German named Georg Anton Scheffer. Scheffer designed the fort and directed the large Hawaiian workforce that constructed its walls. Russian occupation of the fort ended abruptly in 1817 when the Russians were expelled from Hawaiʻi by King Kamehameha I. Hawaiian soldiers then occupied the fort until 1864, when it was deactivated by order of the Hawaiian government. Scheffer named Fort Elizabeth in honor of the consort of Tsar Alexander I of Russia and named a second fort at Princeville Fort Alexander in honor of the tsar.
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