Fort Niagara

Fort Niagara post on the southern shore of Lake Ontario, at the mouth of the Niagara River, NW N.Y. It was strategically located on the water route to the fur lands. French explorer Robert LaSalle erected a blockhouse on the river in 1679; in 1726 a stone fort overlooking the river was completed. A British force, led by Sir William Johnson, captured Fort Niagara in 1759 during the French and Indian War (see under French and Indian Wars ). The British held the fort until 1796, when it was turned over to the United States by Jay's Treaty. During the War of 1812, the British captured Fort Niagara but returned it to the United States in 1815. The fort remained a U.S. military post until 1946. It is now a New York state park.

Fort Niagara a fort on the southern shore of Lake Ontario, in New York. The fort was built in 1729 on the site of a blockhouse that had been built in 1679 by the French explorer Robert LaSalle. The British captured the fort in 1759 during the French and Indian War (1754–63). They held the fort until 1796, when they turned it over to the United States. They recaptured the fort during the War of 1812, but returned it in 1815. The fort was a U.S. military post until 1846.

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