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If you have had the chance to go down by the river banks and lake shore in Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario, there’s a good chance that you’ve looked across the water and seen a series of stone buildings on the opposite shore. That is the former Fort Niagara, some of the oldest stone buildings in the area. The promontory that stands at the entrance to the Niagara River on Lake Ontario has long been a strategic location. While originally part of the traditional lands of the Seneca Peoples, a member of the Haudenosaunee, it has been one of the longest-serving military posts in North America’s colonial history.Read More →

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One of the best-kept secrets of Niagara-On-The-Lake is the fact that the town itself has risen from the literal ashes to the quiet tourist town that it is today. If you take a close look at many of the historic buildings most don’t date any further back than 1813, and there’s a reason for that, considering how old the community is. Founded originally in 1781 as Butlersburg, as many of the original settlers were members of the Loyalist Irregular unit known as Butler’s Rangers, would take on the name West Niagara. When Upper Canada was officially established, John Graves Simcoe renamed the town again toRead More →