Fort Mississauga
Fort Mississauga National Historic Site is a fort on the shore of Lake Ontario, at the mouth of the Niagara River in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Radtek67, Public domain.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: historic British fort in the town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as: “Fort Mississauga National Historic Site of Canada”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Royal George Theatre and Fort Niagara Beach.
Royal George Theatre
Theater building
Photo: DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Royal George Theatre is a theater building.
Fort Niagara Beach
Photo: Charny, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Niagara Apothecary
Museum
Photo: JohnnyH2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Niagara Apothecary was an apothecary in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, established no later than 1820, and is now a National Historic Site of Canada.
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 5 km east of Fort Mississauga.
Fort Mississauga
- Categories: fort, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude
43.26164° or 43° 15′ 42″ northLongitude
-79.07682° or 79° 4′ 37″ westElevation
85 metres (279 feet)Open location code
87M27W6F+M7OpenStreetMap ID
way 66323393OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
5955899Wikidata ID
Q5471687
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Italian—“Fort Mississauga” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fort Mississauga”
- Dutch: “Mississauga Fort”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن ميسيسوجا”
- French: “Fort Mississauga”
- French: “fort-Mississauga”
- French: “lieu historique national du Canada du Fort-Mississauga”
- German: “Fort Mississauga”
- German: “Mississauga Fort”
- Italian: “Fort Mississauga”
- Italian: “forte Mississauga”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Fort Niagara Beach and Youngstown Estates.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Course and William Kirby’s House.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fort Mississauga”. Photo: Radtek67, Public domain.