Fort Niagara Beach
Fort Niagara, also known as Old Fort Niagara, is a fortification originally built by New France to protect its interests in North America, specifically control of access between the Niagara River and Lake Ontario, the easternmost of the Great Lakes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Charny, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: fort
- Also known as: “Fort Niagara”, “Old Fort Niagara”, and “Rumsey Park”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Niagara Light and St. Mark’s Church.
Fort Niagara Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Florence88, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Niagara Light is an inactive lighthouse on the Niagara River on the south shore of Lake Ontario in New York state. It is located on the grounds of Fort Niagara. Fort Niagara Light is situated 790 feet southeast of Fort Niagara Beach.
St. Mark’s Church
Church
St. Mark's Church is a historic Anglican church in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. It is the oldest church in the Diocese of Niagara and the second oldest Anglican church in Ontario. St. Mark’s Church is situated 3,000 feet southwest of Fort Niagara Beach.
Fort George
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fort George was a military fortification in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. The fort was used by the British Army, the Canadian militia, and the Jeffersonian American Republic Army for a brief period. Fort George is situated 1 mile south of Fort Niagara Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Niagara-on-the-Lake and Youngstown.
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Niagara-on-the-Lake is a town of 19,000 people in the Niagara Region of Ontario. It sits on the shore of Lake Ontario at the mouth of the Niagara River.
Youngstown
Photo: Florence88, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Youngstown is the northwesternmost community in the state of New York. Its strategic location at the mouth of the Niagara River, on the border with Canada, made it a prime site for fortifications, the last of which has stood just north of the village since 1726.
Towers Corners
Hamlet
Towers Corners is a hamlet in the town of Porter in Niagara County, New York, United States. Towers Corners is situated 2½ miles east of Fort Niagara Beach.
Fort Niagara Beach
- Categories: artillery fort, tourism, historic site, and fort
- Location: Town of Porter, Niagara County, Niagara Frontier, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.26286° or 43° 15′ 46″ northLongitude
-79.06316° or 79° 3′ 47″ westElevation
276 feet (84 metres)Open location code
87M27W7P+4POpenStreetMap ID
way 137364896OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
5117689Wikidata ID
Q362553
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Fort Niagara Beach” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “尼亚加拉堡”
- Chinese: “尼亞加拉堡”
- Dutch: “Fort Niagara”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن نياجرا”
- French: “fort Niagara”
- French: “Fort Niagara”
- German: “Fort Niagara”
- Italian: “Fort Niagara”
- Japanese: “ナイアガラ砦”
- Korean: “나이아가라 요새”
- Persian: “فورت نیاگارا”
- Polish: “Fort Niagara”
- Russian: “Форт Ниагара”
- Swedish: “Fort Niagara”
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