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Fort Mississauga National Historic Site is a fort on the shore of Lake Ontario, at the mouth of the Niagara River in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. The fort today consists of a box–shaped brick tower and historic star–shaped earthworks.
Fort Mississauga is located at 223 Queen Street in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Though the tower remains closed year round, the site, interpretation panels, and star-shaped earthen works are accessible via walking paths, allowing visitors to experience this rare military structure nestled at the mouth of the Niagara river with a commanding view of Lake ...
Fort Mississauga is a large, square, brick defensive tower set within the remains of earthworks on the shoreline of the Niagara River. On the landward side, it is surrounded by golfing greens located within the town of Niagara-on-the-Lake.
30. März 2011 · Fort Mississauga National Historic Site, located in NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ont, was designated as a national historic site in 1931 by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. The British built Fort Mississauga between 1813 and 1823 to guard the mouth of the NIAGARA RIVER.
In late 2020 Parks Canada connected a new lakeshore trail that extends from the cairn of the Battlefield of Fort George along the shoreline of Lake Ontario through to Fort Mississauga, where visitors can meet up with a walking trail that extends to Front Street in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Fort Mississauga (1814-1870) - A British colonial fort established in 1814 during the War of 1812 in present day Niagara-on-the-Lake, Niagara RM, Ontario, Canada. Abandoned by British troops when they departed Canada in 1870.
Formerly the site of the first lighthouse in Upper Canada, Mississauga point held a commanding view of Lake Ontario and the Niagara River, and served as a counterpoise to Fort Niagara. The central tower was built in part from the remains of the lighthouse which was dismantled by the British, as well as bricks salvaged from the town after it was ...
