About the town in Ontario the nearby fort and historic site Olde FortErie Infobox settlement name Fort .... The median household income in 2005 for FortErie was 47,485.00, which is below the Ontario ... Niagara Falls, Ontario Niagara Falls West Port Colborne, Ontario Port Colborne Center FortErie ... places on the Great Lakes Category FortErie, Ontario Category Underground Railroad locations Category Canadian border cities bar FortErie de FortErie fr Fort ri Ontario ja pl FortErieOntario pt FortErie uk zh ... Peace Bridge.jpg imagesize image caption The Peace Bridge between FortErie and Buffalo, New ... blank emblem size image map Forterie niagara.png mapsize 200px map caption Location of FortErie within ... leader title1 Governing Body leader name1 Town of FortErie Council leader title2 Canadian House of Commons ... title FortErie community profile publisher Statistics Canada work Canada 2006 Census 2006 Census ... footnotes Refimprove date April 2011 FortErie 2006 population 29,925 is a town on the Niagara ... . It is located directly across the river from Buffalo, New York . FortErie is one of the fastest ..., stretching east to west through FortErie. FortErie is also home to a number of other commercial ... of the latter three municipalities with FortErie proper. Geography The town s beaches on Lake Erie ... Lake Erie. History File Fort Erie.JPG thumb left 220px The reconstructed FortErie Modern settlement of the area was established when a British military fort, FortErie , was constructed in 1764. During ..., the troops stationed at FortErie were caught off guard due to the fort being in the middle of rebuilding ... FortErie and returned to Buffalo in the winter of 1814. The ruins remained until they were rebuilt ... Museum , located on the Niagara River near downtown FortErie Bridgeburg Station , was a supposed ... the Peace Bridge was opened between FortErie and Buffalo. The historic Point Abino Lighthouse ... more details
Battle of FortErie may refer to one of the following battles at FortErie, Ontario, Canada Battle of FortErie 1812 , a battle during the War of 1812 Capture of FortErie 1814 , a later battle during the War of 1812 Siege of FortErie 1814 , immediately following the Capture of FortErie Battle of FortErie 1866 , one of the Fenian raids disambig ... more details
Infobox airport name FortErie Airport IATA ICAO TC CNJ3 type Private owner operator Fleet Industries city served location FortErie, Ontario elevation f 625 elevation m 191 latd 42 latm 55 lats 00 latNS N longd 078 longm 57 longs 20 longEW W coordinates type airport coordinates region CA ON pushpin map Canada Ontario pushpin label CNJ3 pushpin map caption Location in Ontario website r1 number 10 28 r1 length f 2,350 r1 length m 716 r1 surface Asphalt footnotes Source Canada Flight Supplement ref name CFS CFS ref FortErie Airport , Airport codes CNJ3 , is located near FortErie, OntarioFortErie , Ontario , Canada . References references External links http archive.copanational.org PlacesToFly airport view.php?pr id 2&ap id 684 COPA Places to Fly page about this airport List of airports in Canada Category Airports in Ontario Category Transportation in Niagara Region, OntarioOntario airport stub pms FortErie Airport ... more details
coord 43 27 57 N 76 30 29 W type landmark display title Infobox nrhp name FortOntario nrhp type image FortOntario 5.jpg caption View from FortOntario location Oswego, New York locmapin New York area ... refnum 70000426 ref name nris NRISref 2007a ref FortOntario is a historic fort situated by the Oswego ... as FortOntario State Historic Site . Geography and early history Image Oswego1756.jpeg thumb left A 1757 map showing the defenses around the mouth of the Oswego River FortOntario is located on the east side of the Oswego River New York Oswego River on high ground overlooking Lake Ontario . FortOntario was one of several forts erected by the British to protect the area around the east end of Lake Ontario . The original FortOntario was erected in 1755, during the French and Indian War in order to bolster defenses already in place at Fort Oswego on the opposite side of the river. At that time ... outside the fort. The modern fort 2nd Brigade of the U.S. 1st Infantry Division called FortOntario home until the brigade was inactivated on June 1, 1940. Image FortOntario 4.jpg thumb 250px right The walls of FortOntario During World War II , FortOntario was home to approximately 982 Jewish refugees, from August 1944 to February 1946. FortOntario was the first and only attempt by the United ... of the Jewish refugees were allowed to leave FortOntario. The restored fort is open to the public as a state ... nris In 2010, FortOntario was one of the state funded historical sites named by Governor David Paterson ... together in support of the historical site. FortOntario was built with two other forts in the period ... in the American Revolution , 1972, ISBN 0 8156 0083 6 External links commonscat FortOntario http www.oswegony.org ABOUT fort.html Historic FortOntario http nysparks.state.ny.us historic sites 20 details.aspx FortOntario State Historic Site , official site http www.fortontario.com Friends of Fort ... York Ontario Category Jewish American history fr FortOntario ... more details
Infobox Racecourse Name FortErie Race Track Image Image FortErieRacetracklogo.png Caption FortErie Race Track logo Location FortErie, Ontario, Canada Owner FortErie Live Racing Consortium Opened June 16, 1897 CourseType Flat Thoroughbred Website http www.forterieracing.com about us about us.htm NotableRaces Prince of Wales Stakes Restricted FortErie Race Track is a horse racing facility in FortErie, Ontario , Canada built by the FortErie Jockey Club and inaugurated on June 16, 1897. FortErie Race Track was at one time owned by the Cella family, who owned Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas . They sold it in the early 1950s to renowned Canadian horseman E. P. Taylor . The owner of Windfields Farm , Taylor played a key role in the development of the track. He was responsible for the creation of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing Canada Canadian Triple Crown with the second leg of the series, the Graded stakes race Grade I Prince of Wales Stakes , being the track s most important annual event. References http www.forterieracing.com about us about us.htm Official website for FortErie Race Track http www.forterieracing.com history history1.htm History of FortErie Race Track Horse racing venues in Canada coord 42 55 7 N 78 56 7 W region CA type landmark display title Category Horse racing venues in Canada Category Sports venues in Ontario Category 1897 establishments horseracing venue stub ja ... more details
about the fort and historic site the nearby town FortErie, Ontario infobox Museum name FortErie image Fort Erie.JPG established location FortErie, OntarioFortErie , Ontario , Canada . type Historic ... of FortErie, OntarioFortErie , Ontario , directly across the Niagara River from Buffalo, New York . ref name Old FortErie History cite web url http www.niagaraparks.com old forterie history.html publisher Niagra Parks, Canada title Old FortErie History span style font size 8pt accessdate ... Parkway convert 3 km mi abbr on north of the fort. The FortErie, Ontario town of FortErie ... Railroad locations Category FortErie, Ontario Category National Historic Sites in Ontario ... erie http www.niagaraparks.com old forterie embedded designation list embed yes designation1 Canada designation1 date 1933 Campaignbox French and Indian War FortErie was the first Great Britain British ... River s edge below the present fort. For the following 50 years, FortErie served as a supply depot ... Lakes . ref name Old FortErie History Development Image with unknown copyright status removed Image Fterie1.jpg thumb right 325px Design of FortErie in 1814, prior to American occupation. The fort ... damage due to continuous winter storms. In 1803, planning was authorized for a new FortErie ... FortErie reenactment.JPG thumb right British troops in a reenactment of the Battle of 1812 FortErie ... when the United States declared War of 1812 war on June 18, 1812. Part of the garrison of FortErie ... Erie was held for a period by U.S. forces and then abandoned on June 9, 1813. The fort had been partially ... Erie captured FortErie . The U.S. Army used the fort as a supply base and expanded its size. At the end ... , the American army withdrew to FortErie and were besieged by the British. In the early hours ..., New York Buffalo . See Siege of FortErie . ref name Old FortErie History Aftermath of war ... image removed Image fterie.jpg Underground Railroad The FortErie area became significant as the major ... more details
caption conflict Capture of FortErie partof the War of 1812 date July 3, 1814 place FortErie , Upper Canada present day Ontario result American victory combatant1 flagcountry United Kingdom of Great ... War of 1812 Niagara frontier The Capture of FortErie by United States American forces in 1814 was an incident ... present day Ontario . One section of the border where this was easiest because of communications and locally available supplies was along the Niagara River . FortErie was the British post at the head of the river, near its source in Lake Erie . In 1812, two American attempts to capture FortErie ... efforts to cross the river. In 1813, the Americans won the Battle of Fort George at the northern end of the Niagara River. The British abandoned the Niagara frontier and allowed FortErie to fall ... , the attack was to be launched across the southern part of the Niagara frontier. FortErie was the first ... , the British commander in Upper Canada, hoped that the garrison at FortErie could at least buy .... As Scott s and Ripley s forces approached FortErie, Buck fired only a few shots at the Americans from ... hasty surrender. Aftermath From their new base at FortErie, Brown next marched up the Niagara ... Phineas Riall , believed that the garrison of FortErie was still holding out, which contributed ..., British forces under the command of Gordon Drummond advanced and Siege of FortErie unsuccessfully ..., ISBN 0 306 80653 3 See also Siege of FortErie Battles of the War of 1812 Category 1814 in Canada FortErie, Capture Category Battles of the War of 1812 FortErie Category Battles and conflicts without fatalities pl Bitwa o FortErie ... of Fort Niagara and the devastation of large parts of the American side of the Niagara River ... Brown . Originally aimed at Kingston, Ontario Kingston on Lake Ontario , it was switched to the Niagara because British ships controlled Lake Ontario for the first six months of 1814. Because American ... more details
Pro hockey team bg color orange text color black team FortErie Meteors logo FortErie Meteors.png logosize 160px city FortErie, Ontario , Canada league Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League division Golden Horseshoe founded 1957 arena Leisureplex Kinsmen Arena colors Orange color Orange , Black , and White br color box orange color box black color box white Owner coach Clint Strachan GM Tony Passero media affiliates dates1 1957 1964 name1 FortErie Frontiers dates2 1964 1971 name2 FortErie Autos dates3 1971 Present name3 FortErie Meteors The FortErie Meteors are a Canada Canadian junior hockey junior ice hockey team based in FortErie, OntarioFortErie , Ontario , Canada . They play in the Golden Horseshoe division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League . History The Meteors originated in the Niagara District Junior B Hockey League in the 1960s. The Meteors stuck with the Niagara league until the bitter end, winning the league s final championship in 1979. The next year they entered the Golden Horseshoe Junior Hockey League . As of 2007, the Meteors are in the Golden Horseshoe Division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League . Season by season results class wikitable align center bgcolor dddddd Season GP W L T OTL GF GA P Results Playoffs align center 1977 78 40 20 18 2 192 264 44 3rd NDJBHL Lost Semi final align center 1978 79 39 27 8 4 315 58 2nd NDJBHL Won League align center 1979 80 44 13 27 4 232 322 30 8th GHJHL align center 1980 81 42 7 34 1 192 349 15 8th GHJHL align center 1981 82 36 15 17 4 34 5th GHJHL align center 1982 83 42 24 14 4 300 247 52 2nd GHJHL align center 1983 84 42 13 27 2 194 262 28 7th GHJHL align center 1984 85 42 20 16 6 218 224 46 3rd GHJHL align center 1985 86 39 7 29 3 177 308 17 11th GHJHL align center 1986 87 42 3 39 0 153 372 6 8th GHJHL align center 1987 88 42 6 33 3 169 360 15 8th GHJHL align center 1988 89 42 11 25 6 207 238 28 6th GHJHL align center 1989 90 48 19 27 1 1 244 313 40 6th GHJHL align center 1990 91 42 26 ... more details
Infobox military conflict conflict Battle of FortErie image File Fenian Raid of 1866.jpg 300px caption A Canadian map of the raid. partof Fenian Raids date June 2, 1866 place FortErie, OntarioFortErie , Ontario result Fenian victory combatant1 Flagicon image Green harp flag of Ireland 18th century.svg Fenian Brotherhood combatant2 Flagicon image Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Province of Canada commander1 John O Neill Fenian John O Neill commander2 John Stoughton Dennis strength1 400 estimate strength2 79 casualties1 3 4 dead br 8 10 wounded br 59 captured casualties2 6 wounded br 54 captured Campaignbox Fenian Raids The Battle of FortErie was a bloody skirmish in the afternoon immediately following the Battle of Ridgeway on June 2, 1866 in Canada West . The Fenian Brotherhood Fenian force, withdrawing from Ridgeway towards the United States, met and defeated a small force of Province of Canada Canadian militia at FortErie , then known as the village of Waterloo. In response to the Fenian occupation of the township of FortErie, Ontario on the night of June 1, 1866, militia units throughout the Niagara Peninsula had been mobilized or put on alert. At Port Colborne, Ontario Port Colborne , a detachment of 51 gunners and N.C.O.s, British Royal Artillery bombardier Sergeant James McCracken and 3 officers Captain Richard S. King M.D., Lieutenants A.K. Schofield and Charles Nimmo Nemmo taken under command by Lieutenant Colonel John Stoughton Dennis John Dennis , boarded a tugboat ... 172 ref The Fenians apparently gone, Dennis turned back upriver to secure the village of FortErie ..., leaving O Neill and the Fenians in possession of FortErie once more. However, with an estimated ... Use mdy dates date September 2010 DEFAULTSORT Battle Of FortErie 1866 Category Conflicts in 1866 FortErie Category Battles involving Canada FortErie 1866 Category Fenian Raids ... year 2003 location Dunnville, Ontario Dunnville, ON publisher Dunnville District Heritage Association ... more details
armor Ship aircraft Ship aircraft facilities Ship notes HMCS FortErie K670 was a River class frigate ... FortErie, HMCS Category River class frigates of the Royal Canadian Navy Category 1944 ships ... more details
coord 42.893351 N 78.923969 W display title Infobox Military Conflict image caption conflict Siege of FortErie partof the War of 1812 date August 4 September 21, 1814 place FortErie , present day Ontario ... frontier The Siege of FortErie was one of the last and most protracted engagements between United ... campaign of the American War of 1812 . The Americans successfully defended FortErie against the British ... under Major General Jacob Brown had crossed the Niagara River and Capture of FortErie captured FortErie on 3 July 1814. After defeating a British force at the Battle of Chippawa they advanced north ... , withdrew to FortErie. Ripley advocated abandoning the Fort and retreating across the Niagara but Brown .... The rear of the fort facing away from Lake Erie consisted of an open terreplein, raised convert ... reached FortErie, Drummond s first move on 3 August was to send a force across the Niagara in batteaux ... attack on the American schooners off FortErie on the night of 12 August. The crews of the schooners ... Erie until wounded on 29 August, photographed in later life In the fort, General Gaines ordered his ... from his wounds received at Lundy s Lane, but he nevertheless returned to FortErie to replace ..., who was short of supplies, decided to abandon FortErie and go into winter quarters in New York ... . When the British returned to the site of FortErie, they chose not to rebuild the fort due to lack ... occasions, especially after his own failed assault on FortErie, General Drummond blamed his troops ... A. editor Zaslow, Morris title The Defended Border chapter Drummond s Night Assault on FortErie ... The Battle for FortErie, 1814 last Whitehorne first Joseph authorlink coauthors year 1992 publisher ... Battles of the War of 1812 DEFAULTSORT FortErie, Siege of Category 1814 in Canada Category ... followed the Americans slowly and reached the fort on 4 August. Drummond s division numbered 3,000 ... vitally needed time to reorganise and to reinforce their defences. Defences Image Siege of Fort ... more details
The Buffalo and FortErie Public Bridge Authority also known as the Peace Bridge Authority and the Public Bridge Authority is a public benefit corporation that regulates the Peace Bridge . This bridge is designed to handle traffic between Buffalo, New York Buffalo , New York , U.S.A. , and FortErie, OntarioFortErie , Ontario , Canada . The authority is a New York State public benefit corporation as well as an Ontario Crown Corporation , and a bi national agency ref http www.peacebridge.com aboutus.php ref . References reflist DEFAULTSORT Buffalo And FortErie Public Bridge Authority Category Public benefit corporations in New York Category Transportation in Niagara Region, Ontario Category Transportation in Buffalo, New York Category Canada United States border Category Crown corporations of Ontario service company stub ... more details
WebSite tofeweb.nsf 0 D845A40EE74157C985256FB600665776?OpenDocument Public Transit Town of FortErie Transit System provides local bus service to the inhabitants of FortErie, Ontario , just across ... a new service from Niagara Falls, Ontario Niagara Falls into FortErie, connecting with the FortErie Transit bus at Wal Mart Plaza at 750 Garrison Road. ref http www.town.forterie.ca WebSite tofeweb.nsf ... Transit agencies in OntarioFortErie Category FortErie, Ontario ...Infobox Bus transit name Town of FortErie Transit System logo FortErie transitlogo.png logo size 120 image image size image caption company slogan parent founded 1977 headquarters 1 Municipal Centre Drive locale FortErie, Ontario Town of FortErie service area FortErie, OntarioFortErie , Crescent Park, Ontario Crescent Park , Ridgeway, Ontario Ridgeway , Crystal Beach, Ontario Crystal Beach service type bus service , paratransit alliance routes 1 destinations stops hubs stations lounge fleet ... , has provided public bus service to the Town of FortErie since 1977, and has entered into a Public ... title BY LAW No.60 2003 format PDF publisher Town of FortErie accessdate ref Consideration will be given ... Plan year 2005 month January format PDF publisher Town of FortErie accessdate ref Services ... and Schedule June 2007 ref The route begins in Downtown FortErie, then loops along Central and Bertie ... 202008 2009.pdf Niagara Falls Final Schedule ref FAST FortErie Accessible Specialized Transit ... a regular FortErie Transit bus. The FAST service is operated by the Canadian Red Cross Niagara on behalf of the Town of FortErie. A modern accessible fleet of three vans are in service with trained drivers. Applications for service are received by the Town of FortErie s Transit Administrator and must ... and Toronto and to US destinations via Buffalo. ref http www.world66.com northamerica canada ontarioforterie getting around Getting Around FortErie ref The terminus is located at Robo Mart, 21 ... more details
Infobox Museum name Fort Henry image FortHenryOntario1920.jpg established 1812 location Kingston, Ontario Kingston , Ontario , Canada type director curator visitors website http www.forthenry.com http www.forthenry.com embedded designation list embed yes designation1 Canada designation1 date 1923 Fort Henry also known as Fort Henry National Historic Site is located in Kingston, Ontario , Canada on Point .... Lawrence River , at the upper end of the Thousand Islands . The original fort was constructed during the War of 1812 , when present day Ontario was a British colony known as Upper Canada . The fort ... at Fort Henry, Kingston, Ontario, 1812 1827 journal Ontario Archaeology year 2003 volume 76 pages 4 22 ref The fort also monitored maritime traffic on the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario, as the loss ... HTML nts 1 5564 1.html Ontario Heritage Plaque Fort Henry http www.pc.gc.ca lhn nhs on plan pd mp KingFortifications ..., Kingston, Ontario. Mecredy, Stephen D., Fort Henry An Illustrated History, 2000, James Lorimer and Company ..., 1983, 160 pages. See also Commonscat inline Fort Henry, Ontario Portal War of 1812 Chronology ... Canada. Image Citadelle Kingston.jpg 250px thumb left View of an early Fort Henry. Ink print, Citadel of Kingston , by William Henry Bartlett 1809 1854 The present Fort Henry was constructed between 1832 and 1837 to protect the Lake Ontario end of the Rideau Canal . The canal was part of an alternate ... of the canal limited the fortifications to four Martello tower s and the fort itself ... the historic regiments that garrisoned the fort were the Black Watch , the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and the Royal Welch Fusiliers . Neither the original nor the second Fort Henry was ever attacked ... the fort until 1891. The fort witnessed the founding of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery , one of the first units in the Canadian Army , whose B battery was based at the fort. As relations ... the First World War Fort Henry served as a facility for holding Ukrainian detainees. Abandoned by the military ... more details
Use mdy dates date September 2011 For other uses, see Fort George disambiguation Fort George infobox Museum name Fort George image Fort George NOTL 1.JPG established 1965 location Niagara on the Lake, Ontario ... index E.asp Fort George National Historic Site is a historic military structure at Niagara on the Lake, Ontario , that was the scene of several battles during the War of 1812 . The fort consists of earthworks ... Category Museums in Niagara Region Category Protected areas of Niagara Region, Ontario de Fort George ... powder magazine , which is the only original building on the site. Opposite the fort, across the Niagara River , stands Fort Niagara in New York, which can be seen from Fort George s Defensive wall rampart s. Fort George was built by the British Army after Jay s Treaty 1796 required Britain to withdraw from Fort Niagara. The new fort was completed in 1802 and became the headquarters for the British Army and the local militia. Deleted image removed File Fort George battle.jpg 250px left thumb Fort George during it s capture by American forces. Fort George was captured by U.S. forces in May 1813 at the Battle of Fort George . The American Army used the fort as a base to invade Upper Canada ... Beaver Dams . The fort was retaken by the British Army in December of that year after U.S. forces abandoned ... Sites of Canada National Historic Site of Canada , maintained by Parks Canada . The fort is open to visitors from April to October. The staff maintains the image of the fort as it was during the early ... Fort George NOTL 2.JPG thumb Every year, scouts from both the United States and Canada meet on and near the grounds of the fort and reenact the battle that took place nearly two hundred years ago ... surrounding the fort and the commons adjacent to the fort provided the site for the 8th World Scout Jamboree held in August 1955. Fort George National Historic Site is one of a handful of sites ... Park System. The television show The Girly Ghosthunters paid a visit to the fort to investigate ... more details
dablink This article is about the former city of Fort William, Ontario. For the current neighbourhood in the City of Thunder Bay see Downtown Fort William, OntarioFort William was a city in Northern Ontario ... at the end of December 1969. See also List of mayors of Thunder Bay, Ontario Mayors of Fort William 1892 1969 List of mayors of Fort William, Ontario Port Arthur, Ontario Additional informations Sources ... Ontario eo Fort William Ontario pt Fort William simple Fort William, Ontario fi Fort William Ontario ... Arthur, Ontario Port Arthur and the townships of Neebing and McIntyre to form the city of Thunder Bay in January 1970. Ever since then it has been the largest city in Northwestern Ontario . The city ... Sept 1900 p. 1 ref History Fur Trade Era Fort William and Grand Portage were the two starting points ... River . French period Fort Kaministiquia Kamanistigouian, as a place, is first mentioned ... closed this post in 1696 because of a glut on the fur market. In 1717, a new post, Fort Kaministiquia ... century French maps by Royal hydrographer Jacques Nicolas Bellin as Fort Caministogoyan . The post was abandoned in 1758 or 1760 during the British conquest of New France. English period Fort William ... Bay, Ont.,1981 , 21 23 ref The post was named Fort William in 1807 after William McGillivray , chief ... s Bay Company HBC in 1821, the fort lost its raison d tre because most trade shifted to York ... development of Canadian Pacific Railway railroad tracks and coal piles in the 1880s. A Fort William Historical Park replica of Fort William was built further upstream on the Kaministiquia River at Point ... Lord Selkirk s Swiss de Meuron regiment. It is now known as the Fort William Historical Park . 19th century and after Two townships Neebing and Paipoonge and the Fort William Town Plot were surveyed ... somewhere along the north shore of Lake Superior. The selection of the Fort William Town Plot later known as West Fort as the eastern terminus for the CPR stimulated development, as did the construction ... more details
infobox Museum name Fort Frederick image CMR Tour martello 2.JPG established location Kingston, Ontario ... McKenzie visitors website http www.rmc.ca cam mus index eng.asp Fort Frederick is a historic military building located on Point Frederick Kingston, Ontario Point Frederick on the grounds of the Royal Military College of Canada RMC in Kingston, Ontario , Canada . Its construction dates to 1846 and the Oregon crisis . The fort consists of Earthworks engineering earthworks surrounding a Martello tower . Fort Frederick is included in two separate National Historic Sites of Canada Kingston Fortifications ... ref ref CRHP 13858 Kingston Fortifications ref ref CRHP 11616 Point Frederick Kingston, Ontario Point Frederick Peninsula Point Frederick Buildings ref History Image Fort Frederick World Heritage Site, Kingston, Ontario.JPG thumb left Fort Frederick in Kingston, Ontario, part of Rideau Canal World Heritage Site Fort Frederick was built on the south end of Point Frederick, the site of the Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard . The point and fort were named after Frederick, Prince of Wales . The original fort, consisting of Earthworks engineering Military use earthworks , was built during the War of 1812 for protection against naval attack. On November 10, 1812, the Fort Frederick battery took ... United States aggression. Fort Frederick was one of these, and was built on the site of the original fort. Fort Frederick was abandoned in 1870. ref http hr.ottawa hull.mil.ca dhh collections memorials engraph display e.asp?PID 4596&cat 7 ref Fort Frederick is the RMC cadets outdoor relaxed area, where ... Macdonnell was Commandant, between 1909 19, the upper floors of Fort Frederick was used as a common ... as a recruit haven. The College s class of 1931 gifted Fort Frederick with wooden gates and a plaque in 1971 in remembrance of the days when Fort Frederick was a recruit refuge. Affiliations The Museum ... Tower Shoal Tower List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Kingston, Ontario References reflist ... more details
fr Fort Albany Ontario sv Fort Albany ...coord 52 15 04 N 81 30 04 W display title Infobox Military Structure name Fort Albany location in Cochrane District, Ontario Cochrane District , Ontario , Canada image caption type Fur trade Fur Trading built 1670 materials used controlledby Hudson s Bay Company garrison commanders battles Image Fort Albany, Ontario, 1886.jpg thumb 305px Fort Albany as it appeared in 1886 Fort Albany First Nation is a community in within the Cochrane District of Northern Ontario , Canada . Situated on the southern shore of the Albany River , Fort Albany First Nation is only accessible by air or by winter road . The community policed by the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service , an Aboriginal based service. Fort Albany ... of Fort Albany is accessible by air, by water and also by the winter road . The winter road is only .... Air Creebec provides Fort Albany with daily passengers flights, with connecting flights to Toronto ... , Thunder Air, or Bearskin Airlines . Fort Albany is also accessible through the waters of James ... canoes can travel from Fort Albany to Calstock and return whenever the water levels are sufficient ..., Ontario Moosonee , Moose Factory, Ontario Moose Factory and Kashechewan First Nation Kashechewan . Aviation Air Creebec transports mail and provides other freight services through Fort Albany Airport ... the Fort Albany First Nation Administration office, Mundo Peetabeck Education authority, Peetabeck Health Services. Fort Albany Power Authority, James Bay General Hospital, Northern Store, Air Creebec ... The two main religions practiced in Fort Albany are Roman Catholicism and the old Native Traditions that have started to come back to Fort Albany. Old Fort Albany Old Fort Albany, which was on an island ... site of modern day Fort Albany on the southern shore . The Anglican portion of the community some years later moved to the current site of Kashechewan. Up until the 1970s Fort Albany and Kashechewan ... more details
Infobox Museum name Fort St. Joseph image Fort St. Joseph National Historic Site, blockhouse.jpg established 1974 location Jocelyn, Ontario , Canada , on Lake Huron. type Fort director curator visitors ... List of forts Upper Canada Fort Mackinac Islands of the Great Lakes Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Affiliations ... embedded designation list embed yes designation1 Canada designation1 date 1923 Fort St. Joseph is a former British outpost on the southernmost point of St. Joseph Island in Ontario, Canada, on Lake Huron. Situated on approximately 325 hectares along the St. Marys River Michigan Ontario St. Mary s River , Fort St. Joseph was the staging ground for the initial attack in the War of 1812 . The fort ... outpost. Today, Fort St. Joseph is operated by Parks Canada and is designated a National Historic ... while keeping Aboriginal allegiance. In the summer of 1796, construction of Fort St. Joseph ... was also a factor in these strained relations. Fort St. Joseph, as yet unfinished, was undermanned and contained out of date weapons so it was exceedingly apparent that Fort St. Joseph would be unequipped ... Britain on 18 June 1812. Appreciating the significance of Fort St. Joseph, Major General Sir Isaac ... of Fort St. Joseph ordering to prepare for immediate attack on Michilimackinac. On 16 July 1812, Captain ... flotilla towards Fort Michilimackinac , arriving on the morning 17 July 1812. Lieutenant Porter Hanks, commander of Fort Michilimackinac, was unprepared for an attack and Fort Michilimackinac ..., Americans from Detroit arrived at Fort St. Joseph to find it deserted and they burned the fort ..., Michilimackinac was restored to the Americans and the British decided not to rebuild Fort St. Joseph. The British then built a fort on Drummond Island between St. Joseph and Mackinaw however maintained the use of the powder magazine at the otherwise abandoned Fort St. Joseph. Fort St. Joseph was then forgotten .... Today Until the early 1920s, no one had undertaken a serious interest in the forgotten fort. At that time ... more details
dablink This article is about a neighbourhood in the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario. br For the Former city that was amalgamated in 1970 see Fort William, Ontario class infobox style font size 90 width 250px ... 235px base caption Downtown Fort William float Red pog.svg float width 9px float caption Thunder Bay, Ontario x 135 y 145 colspan 2 small Location in Thunder Bay small Downtown Fort William , also known as Downtown Thunder Bay South or the South Core , is the urban core of the former city of Fort William, OntarioFort William , the southern half of Thunder Bay , Ontario . It is centred on Victoriaville ... Fort William big colspan 2 Image Scotiabank Fort William.jpg border 235px colspan 2 small Cuthbertson ... Pacific Railway line, and its topography is relatively flat. Downtown Fort William is the location of Thunder Bay City Hall , and numerous other government offices. History Downtown Fort William ... from the Fort William Town Plot West Fort William to the lower Kaministiquia River, seven kilometres ... Street ref Fort William Journal 2 & 5 & 26 Sept 1891 ref which, when Fort William was incorporated in 1892, became the town hall of Fort William. ref name Page57 Tronrud, Thorold J Epp, Ernest A. and others ... Bay Historical Museum Society , pp 57. ISBN 0 920119 22 0. ref and due to Port Arthur, Ontario ... of Census Tract 5950006.00, Thunder Bay, Ontario. Canada 2006 Census 2006 Census . Statistics Canada .... Arts and culture Downtown Fort William is the location of many cultural institutions . The Thunder Bay Historical Museum occupies the renovated Fort William police station on Donald Street, one of the core ... Society and has three floors of galleries, including a Prison cell jail cell and recreation of a Fort .... It was opened in 1912 as Fort William s Carnegie Library. ref http www.tbpl.ca internal.asp?id 78 ... St.Andrews Book Blumenson, John J. G. 1990 . Ontario Architecture A Guide to Styles and Building Terms ... and recreation The Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame is located in the south core on May Street ... more details
ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League, playing in Erie, Pennsylvania, USA from 1996 to present ...wiktionarypar ErieerieErie is a city in Pennsylvania, United States. Erie may also refer to Erie tribe , a tribe of Native Americans TOCRight Places Lake Erie , one of the five Great Lakes of North America Erie Canal , a canal running from the Hudson River to Lake Erie Canada Erie electoral district , a former federal electoral district in OntarioFortErie , a former British fortFortErie, Ontario , a town on the Niagara River in the Niagara Region FortErie Airport United States Erie, Colorado , a town in both Boulder County and Weld County Erie High School Colorado , part of the Saint Vrain Valley School District Erie, Illinois , a village in Whiteside County Erie Township, Whiteside County, Illinois Erie, Lawrence County, Indiana Erie, Miami County, Indiana Erie, Kansas , a city in Neosho County Erie Township, Michigan , a civil township in Monroe County Erie Township, Minnesota , in Becker County Erie County, New York Erie Depot or Erie Railroad Station, in Port Jervis, New York Erie, North Dakota , an unincorporated community and census designated place CDP in Cass County Erie County, Ohio Erie MetroParks , the metropolitan park district in Erie County, Ohio Erie Township, Ottawa County, Ohio Erie County, Pennsylvania Erie International Airport , a public airport serving northwestern Pennsylvania Erie Falls, one of 24 named waterfalls in Ricketts Glen State Park in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Erie National Wildlife Refuge , a property in Crawford County, Pennsylvania Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie , a diocese in Pennsylvania Organizations Erie Railroad , a railroad connecting New York City with Lake Erie and extending west to Chicago Erie Insurance Group , a multi line insurance company, offering auto, home, commercial and life insurance Vehicles Erie L 1 , 0 8 8 0 steam locomotives of the Erie Railroad built in 1907 by ALCO FM Erie built , the first streamlined ... more details
Image Cat Nation.png thumb right Nation du Chat region The Erie also Erieehronon , Eriechronon , Riqu ronon ... people historically living on the south shore of Lake Erie . An Iroquoian language Iroquoian group ... decimated by warfare with the neighboring Iroquois in the 17th century. The Erie were absorbed ... identity. The names Erie and Eriez are shortened forms of Erielhonan , meaning long tail. The Erielhonan ... en 1710.jpg thumb Elements of Erie shown in the general area of the Upper Ohio Valley. br Clip ... and 16th centuries. The Erie were among the several Iroquoian speaking nations. Competition among tribes ... the tribes, which responded to demand for beaver and other furs by overhunting some areas. The Erie ... , the Erie were disadvantaged in armed conflict by having few firearm s if the Erie tribe used poison ... 1650s, the Iroquois Confederacy went to war against the Erie and neighboring competing tribes. As a result, the Erie confederacy was destroyed, with the tribes surviving in remnants. Dispersed groups ... nation. Anthropologist Marvin T. Smith refSmith1987 1986 131 32 theorized that some Erie fled ... the Erie nation. Because they were located further from areas of early European exploration, the Erie had little contact with Europeans. Only the New Netherlands Dutch fur traders from Fort Orange New Netherland Fort Orange now Albany, New York and Jesuit missionaries in Canada report on them in historic ... with other Iroquoian peoples. Language main Erie language The Erie spoke an Iroquoian language ... 2 12 last Engelbrecht first William E. title Erie journal The Bulletin Journal of the New York ... title Reanalyzing the Ripley Site earthworks and late prehistory on the Lake Erie Plain chapter ..., part 1 chapter Erie location Washington, D.C. series BAE Bulletin 30 year 1907 url http faculty.marianopolis.edu ... E. title Ethnic identification and Iroquois groups in western New York and Ontario journal Ethnohistory ... Northeast chapter Erie location Washington, D.C. year 1978 Citation publisher National Museum of Man ... more details
for the defunct provincial electoral district Erie Lincoln provincial electoral district Erie Lincoln was a federal electoral district Canada electoral district in Ontario , Canada , that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004, and was a provincial electoral district represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007. This riding was created in 1996 from parts of Erie electoral district Erie , Haldimand Norfolk and Lincoln electoral district Lincoln Riding division ridings . It consisted of the City of Port Colborne, the towns of FortErie and Lincoln and the townships of Wainfleet and West Lincoln in he Regional Municipality of Niagara, and the Town of Dunnville in the Regional Municipality of Haldimand Norfolk. The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Haldimand Norfolk, Niagara Falls electoral district Niagara Falls , Niagara West Glanbrook , and Welland electoral district Welland ridings. It was replaced as a provincial riding in the Ontario general election, 2007 2007 provincial election by the new federal riding boundaries. Election results Canadian election result top CA 2000 percent yes change yes Canadian election result CA Liberal John David Maloney John Maloney 17,054 42.2 Canadian election result Canadian Alliance Dean Allison 14,992 37.1 Canadian election result CA PC David Hurren 5,174 12.8 Canadian election result CA NDP Jody Di Bartolomeo 2,423 5.9 Canadian election result Independent Christian Heritage Party candidates, multiple elections David W. Bylsma David W. Bylsma 476 1.1 Canadian election result CA Natural Law John Gregory 143 0.3 Canadian election result Canadian Action William Schleich 137 0.3 Canadian election result total Total 40,399 end Canadian election result ... 1007&Include Riding history from the Library of Parliament Category Defunct Ontario federal electoral districts fr Erie Lincoln ... more details
Erie County is the name of three counties in the United States Erie County, New York Erie County, Ohio Erie County, Pennsylvania Templates geodis uscounty Interwiki de Erie County fr Comt d Erie it Contea di Erie nl Erie County nds Erie County pl Hrabstwo Erie pt Condado de Erie ro Comitatul Erie sv Erie County tr Erie County zh ... more details
File Erie Triangle map 2.jpg thumb right Black line indicates southern border of Erie Triangle within Erie County The Erie Triangle is a tract of American land that was the subject of several competing Colonial America colonial era claims and which was eventually acquired by the U.S. federal government and sold to Pennsylvania so that the state would have access to a freshwater port on Lake Erie . The Erie Triangle land makes up a large portion of present day Erie County, Pennsylvania . Most of northwestern Pennsylvania came under American control following the 1784 Treaty of Fort Stanwix 1784 Treaty of Fort Stanwix with the Iroquois Confederacy . The following year, a boundary dispute between New York and Pennsylvania erupted. Following a surveying effort by Andrew Ellicott representing the Pennsylvanians and James Clinton and Simeon DeWitt representing the New Yorkers, the western edge of New York was set at 20 miles 32 km east of Pennsylvania s Presque Isle State Park Presque Isle , a small peninsula off the coast of Erie, Pennsylvania . However, this left an unclaimed area, which came to be known as the Triangle Lands . The Triangle Lands problematically fell under neither ... Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania, Vol I , pp 103&ndash 04 ref This was accomplished without ..., Ohio . Image NYPAcorner.jpg thumb Cornerstone of the Erie Triangle The Erie Triangle is often ... off the coast of the Erie Triangle is known as the Graveyard of Lake Erie because of the large ... the site of a preliminary battle between forces that participated in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812 . The battle itself took place in the Lake Erie Islands , at the western end ... Press, 1998. Bates, Samuel P. History of Erie County, Pennsylvania , Chicago Warner, Beers and Company ... of Pennsylvania Category Geography of Erie County, Pennsylvania fr Triangle d ri ja pt Tri ngulo de Erie ... more details
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