A woman shoots video of at Russian Fort Elizabeth State Historical Park along Kaumualii Highway on the west side of Kauai in 2013. There is an effort to change the name of the are to its former ...

Fifty years after Kauai’s Russian Fort Elizabeth State Historical Park was created to mark Russia’s attempt to gain influence in Hawaii, the Waimea park formally has been given a new name.

Russian Fort Elizabeth is on the west side of Kauai, which has both cultural sites and scenic wonders. Captain James Cook first landed in Hawaii at Waimea Bay in 1778, and a statue of him stands ...

For over a century, the 17-acre park was called Russian Fort Elizabeth, and it was designated a historical state park in 1972.But as more details of the fort’s history emerged, locals fought to ...

The fort site at Waimea’s Paulaula was preserved as a state park in 1972 and called “Russian Fort Elizabeth." Over the years the fort has become barely recognizable.

Russian Fort Elizabeth was founded on the island of Kauai in 1816 by explorers in the service of the Russian-American Company (RAC) from St. Petersburg, but it was abandoned several years later ...

The fort stayed, but it wasn't until years later that it began to be commonly known as Russian Fort Elizabeth. ... At one point, a Russian delegation visited Hawaii.

Today, the remains of Fort Elizabeth serve as the only significant reminder of Schaffer's presence on Kauai. It is open to the public and preserved as a State Park. Both Fort Alexander and Fort ...

Fort Elizabeth was erected in 1816-1817 by sailors of the Russian-American Company. The island lay on the way of the Russians to California and Alaska, and they often anchored there. The guests ...

Looking southeast from Russian Fort Elizabeth, you can see the grasslands of Makaweli Ranch, ... West Kauai Visitor Center, 9565 Kaumualii Hwy. (808) 338-1332, www.westkauaivisitorcenter.org.

WAIMEA — Commonly known as The Russian Fort, Pa‘ula‘ula or Fort Elizabeth, the place was built by Hawaiians as part of King Kaumuali‘i’s residential compound in 1816 and 1817, when ...

In 2017, Russians and Russian-Americans traveled to Kauai to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the fort with a three-day forum, and it was covered by Russian media. “That got everybody all ...