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The Matilda Newport Cannon is located at Fort Norris on Ducor Hill. There is an interesting story behind this cannon.The story goes back to the times of early settlement when Americo-Liberian colonist Matilda Newport saw native Liberians coming to attack and she used her pipe to fire the cannon that scared the natives away.