Fort Patiko
Walls of Fort Patiko grain stores
Fort Patiko is located in Uganda
Fort Patiko
Fort Patiko
Coordinates3°00′57″N 32°19′03″E / 3.015834°N 32.317625°E / 3.015834; 32.317625
Site information
Ownerpublic
Open to
the public
yes
Conditionruined
Site history
Built1872 (1872)
Built bySamuel Baker
Materialsstone

Fort Patiko, also known as Baker's Fort, was a military fort built by Samuel Baker in Patiko, Uganda.

Construction of the fort was completed on December 25, 1872.[1]

After Baker left in 1888, the fort was used by Emin Pasha and Charles Gordon while they served as Governor of the Equatorial Province of the British Uganda Protectorate. A plaque on the remaining wall of a grain storage building in the center of the fort reads “Fatiko 1872 -88, founded by Sir Samuel Baker, occupied by Emin and Gordon” (sic). [2]

Ruins of the fort remain in Ajulu parish, Patiko sub-county, Aswa County, Gulu district. The site is open to the public subject to a fee levied by the subcounty.[3]

A watch tower rock for Fort Patiko

The Ugandan Government currently is planning on turning the Barker's fort to become a fully recognized national tourism site.

Notes

  1. Great Britain Colonial Office 1960, p. 140.
  2. Rusoke 2010.
  3. Wacha, Joe (25 February 2009). "Samuel Baker's Fort Patiko Billed as Key to Revival of Gulu Tourism Sector". Uganda Radio Network.

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