Cushnoc, also known as Koussinoc or Coussinoc, was a Plymouth Colony trading post established on the Kennebec River in Augusta, Maine, in 1628 as part of the colony’s effort to profit from the fur trade, chiefly with bands of the Abenaki nation. Trading there appears to have ended by 1661. The site later linked this early colonial outpost to the area’s later development around nearby Fort Western. Excavations from 1984 to 1987 uncovered the palisaded wall, building postholes, and artifacts including pipes, beads, ceramics, earthenwares, and nails. These remains preserve unusually clear evidence of trade and contact among English traders, Native communities, and nearby French Acadian settlements.