Fort Niagara

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Fort Niagara is a historic military fortification at the mouth of the Niagara River that played a strategic role in colonial conflicts between France, Britain, and the United States.

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Fort Niagara canonical 8
Old Fort Niagara 5
Fort Niagara (gateway) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fort
historic military fortification
adjacentTo Fort Niagara State Park
architecturalStyle French colonial military architecture
builder René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
builtBy France
capturedBy British forces in 1759
capturedFrom France
constructionStartDate 1678
controlledBy France
Great Britain
United States of America
surface form: United States
country United States of America
surface form: United States
county Niagara County NERFINISHED
currentUse historic site
museum
state park facility
FrenchCastleConstructionDate 1726
function protection of American border with Canada
protection of British interests on the Niagara frontier
protection of French interests in the Great Lakes region
garrisonedUntil late 19th century
garrisonFunction frontier post
military headquarters on the Great Lakes
trading post
hasDesignation National Historic Landmark
hasFeature artillery batteries
barracks
earthen ramparts
guardhouse
moat
officers' quarters
powder magazine
stone bastions
hasStructure French Castle
heritage site of colonial-era conflicts between France, Britain, and the United States
listedOn National Register of Historic Places
locatedIn Youngstown, New York
locatedNear mouth of the Niagara River
locatedOn east bank of the Niagara River
shore of Lake Ontario
namedAfter Niagara River
nationalHistoricLandmarkDesignationDate 1960
nearbySettlement Niagara-on-the-Lake
surface form: Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
NRHPListingDate 1966
openToPublic yes
operatedBy Old Fort Niagara Association
originalName Fort Conti
Fort Denonville
overlooks Lake Ontario
Niagara River
ownedBy New York State
surface form: State of New York
partOf Fort Niagara State Park
surface form: Old Fort Niagara State Historic Site
region Great Lakes region
returnedTo United States in 1796
significantReconstructionDate 1726
state New York
strategicRole control of access between Lake Ontario and the upper Great Lakes
control of the Niagara portage
treatyTransfer Jay Treaty
Treaty of Paris (1763)
surface form: Treaty of Paris 1763
usedBy British Army
French colonial forces
United States Army
usedDuringConflict American Revolutionary War
French and Indian War (as part of British America)
surface form: French and Indian War

Seven Years' War
War of 1812

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Fort Niagara State Park hasPart Fort Niagara
this entity surface form: Old Fort Niagara
Fort Niagara State Park hasHistoricFeature Fort Niagara
this entity surface form: Old Fort Niagara
Fort Niagara State Park hasReenactmentsAt Fort Niagara
this entity surface form: Old Fort Niagara
Pays d'en Haut hasMilitaryPost Fort Niagara
this entity surface form: Fort Niagara (gateway)
Fort Mississauga locatedNear Fort Niagara
this entity surface form: Old Fort Niagara
Fort Mississauga locatedOpposite Fort Niagara
Treaty of Niagara (1764) signedAt Fort Niagara
Battle of Fort Niagara location Fort Niagara
Battle of Fort Niagara fortCaptured Fort Niagara
Battle of Fort Niagara relatedFort Fort Niagara
this entity surface form: Old Fort Niagara