Fort Wellington
Fort Wellington National Historic Site is a historic military fortification located on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River at Prescott, Ontario. The military fortification was used by the British Army, and the Canadian militia for most of the 19th…Photo: Rbgstewart, Public domain.
- Type: Park
- Description: historic military fortification in Ontario, Canada
- Also known as: “Fort Wellington National Historic Site”
- Address: 370 Vankoughnet Street, Prescott
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ogdensburg Harbor Light and Battle of the Windmill National Historic Site.
Ogdensburg Harbor Light
Lighthouse
Ogdensburg Harbor Light is a privately owned lighthouse on the St. Lawrence River, listed on the National Park Service's Maritime Heritage Program as Lighthouse to visit. and as one of New York's Historic Light Stations. Ogdensburg Harbor Light is situated 2 km south of Fort Wellington.
Battle of the Windmill National Historic Site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Battle of the Windmill National Historic Site marks the site of the November 1838 Battle of the Windmill, fought around a grist windmill near Prescott, Ontario, Canada. Battle of the Windmill National Historic Site is situated 2 km northeast of Fort Wellington.
Library Park Historic District
Historic site
Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Library Park Historic District is a national historic district located at Ogdensburg in St. Lawrence County, New York. The district includes seven contributing buildings, one contributing site, and one contributing object. Library Park Historic District is situated 2 km southeast of Fort Wellington.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Prescott and Ogdensburg.
Prescott
Photo: Doktor Ellis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Prescott is a town on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River in the province of Ontario, Canada. The town is a part of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville.
Ogdensburg
Photo: P199, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ogdensburg is a city of 10,700 people in Northern New York on the St. Lawrence Seaway opposite Prescott, Ontario.
Johnstown
Village
Photo: P199, Public domain.
Johnstown is a compact rural community in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, in eastern Ontario, Canada, part of the township municipality of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal. Johnstown is situated 5 km northeast of Fort Wellington.
Fort Wellington
- Categories: military museum, fort, recreation area, tourist attraction, and historic site
- Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.71307° or 44° 42′ 47″ northLongitude
-75.50912° or 75° 30′ 33″ westOperator
Parks CanadaOpen location code
87P6PF7R+69OpenStreetMap ID
way 160307407OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q5472308
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to French—“Fort Wellington” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن ويلينجتون”
- French: “fort Wellington”
- French: “Fort Wellington”
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