Fort Niagara State Park
Fort Niagara State Park is located in the Town of Porter in Niagara County, New York, United States. Historic Fort Niagara is located within the park. The 504-acre park is northwest of Youngstown near the northern terminus of the Niagara Scenic Parkway and is in the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Niagara Light and Fort Niagara Beach.
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 Beach
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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.
Fort George
Park
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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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Youngstown and Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Youngstown
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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.
Niagara-on-the-Lake
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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.
Towers Corners
Hamlet
Towers Corners is a hamlet in the town of Porter in Niagara County, New York, United States. Towers Corners is situated 2 miles east of Fort Niagara State Park.
Fort Niagara State Park
- Type: Park
- Description: State park in Porter, New York
- Category: New York state park
- Location: Niagara County, Niagara Frontier, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to French—“Fort Niagara State Park” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “متنزه حصن نياجرا الحكومي”
- Cebuano: “Fort Niagara State Park”
- Chinese: “尼亚加拉堡州立公园”
- French: “parc d’État du Fort Niagara”
- French: “Parc d’État du Fort Niagara”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Youngstown Estates and Mississauga Beach.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fort Niagara Cemetery and Niagara River.
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