Fort Henry

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historic military fortress tourist attraction

Fort Henry is a historic 19th-century British military fortress and popular tourist site located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Fort Henry National Historic Site 2
original Fort Henry (War of 1812-era fortification) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic military fortress ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle 19th-century British military architecture ⓘ
builtToDefend Port of Kingston ⓘ
surface form: Kingston harbour

entrance to Rideau Canal ⓘ
naval dockyard at Kingston ⓘ
constructedBy British Army ⓘ
constructionEndDate 1837 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1832 ⓘ
controlledBy British Empire ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
designation National Historic Site of Canada ⓘ
garrisonedBy British regular troops ⓘ
Canadian militia ⓘ
hasFeature bastions ⓘ
casemates ⓘ
dry ditch ⓘ
ravelins ⓘ
redoubt ⓘ
heritageDesignationAuthority Parks Canada ⓘ
locatedIn Kingston, Ontario ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
locatedOn Point Henry ⓘ
material limestone ⓘ
near Kingston harbour ⓘ
Royal Military College of Canada ⓘ
offers guided tours ⓘ
historical reenactments ⓘ
military drills demonstrations ⓘ
sunset ceremonies ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
operatedBy St. Lawrence Parks Commission ⓘ
overlooks Lake Ontario ⓘ
Saint Lawrence River ⓘ
surface form: St. Lawrence River
partOf Kingston Fortifications ⓘ
Rideau Canal ⓘ
surface form: Rideau Canal defensive system
replaced Fort Henry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: original Fort Henry (War of 1812-era fortification)
restoredAs living history museum ⓘ
touristAttractionSince 1930s ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2007 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus part of Rideau Canal and Kingston Fortifications World Heritage Site ⓘ
usedAs prisoner-of-war camp during World War I ⓘ
prisoner-of-war camp during World War II ⓘ
usedDuring 19th century ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ontario → containsLandmark → Fort Henry ⓘ
Kingston → hasHeritageSite → Fort Henry ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fort Henry National Historic Site
Kingston, Ontario → hasLandmark → Fort Henry ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fort Henry National Historic Site
Fort Henry → replaced → Fort Henry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: original Fort Henry (War of 1812-era fortification)