St. Catharines Public Library collection numérisée

An Aerial View of Fort George, Niagara-on-the-Lake

Description

Médias

Image

Type d'élément

Postcards

Description

A postcard with an aerial view of Fort George, Niagara-on-the-Lake. c1965.

Published by the Peterborough Post Card Co., Ltd. Printed in Peterborough, Ontario.

Notes

File Number: 15/pt2/20-1.1

Fort George was built in 1796 after the British left Fort Niagara in response to Jay's Treaty of 1794. The treaty stated the British had to leave fortifications on American soil. The Fort was destroyed in a bombardment on May 25, 1813 by the Americans during the War of 1812, only the Powder Magazine remained. It was later abandoned by the British when they built Fort Mississauga closer to the mouth of the Niagara River. The Fort was rebuilt in the late 1930s as a make work project during the Great Depression. The Fort is now opened to visitors and maintains the image of a Fort during the early 1800s.

Inscriptions

Historic Fort George

Éditeur

The Peterborough Post Card Co., Ltd.

Lieu de publication

Peterborough, Ontario

Date de l'original

c1965

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