Old Fort Erie

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War of 1812 site historic fortification tourist attraction

Old Fort Erie is a historic British fortification in Fort Erie, Ontario, best known as a major site of fighting during the War of 1812 between American and British-Canadian forces.

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Label Occurrences
Old Fort Erie canonical 3
Old Fort Erie National Historic Site 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf War of 1812 site ⓘ
historic fortification ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
constructionStart 1764 ⓘ
controlledBy British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
garrisonedBy British regulars ⓘ
Canadian militia NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States troops NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy Province of Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature barracks ⓘ
bastions ⓘ
ditches ⓘ
powder magazine ⓘ
ramparts ⓘ
hasMuseum yes ⓘ
hasParking yes ⓘ
hasVisitorCentre yes ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Site of Canada ⓘ
locatedIn Fort Erie, Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Buffalo, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Niagara River NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnRoute Niagara River frontier ⓘ
material earthworks ⓘ
stone ⓘ
nearbyCity Buffalo, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niagara Falls, Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of Fort Erie NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siege of Fort Erie NERFINISHED ⓘ
offers battle re-enactments ⓘ
guided tours ⓘ
living history demonstrations ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
ownedBy Niagara Parks Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Niagara Parks NERFINISHED ⓘ
rebuiltIn 1803 ⓘ
1804 ⓘ
seasonalOperation open in summer months ⓘ
significance major site of fighting during the War of 1812 ⓘ
symbol of Canadian and American military history ⓘ
strategicRole control of access between Lake Erie and Niagara River ⓘ
defense of Niagara frontier ⓘ
sufferedEvent explosion of powder magazine in 1814 ⓘ
siege in 1814 ⓘ
usedDuringConflict War of 1812 NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Niagara Parkway → hasNearbyAttraction → Old Fort Erie ⓘ
Fort Erie, Ontario → hasPart → Old Fort Erie ⓘ
Fort Erie, Ontario → hasHeritageSite → Old Fort Erie ⓘ
Fort Erie, Ontario → hasTouristAttraction → Old Fort Erie ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Fort Erie National Historic Site