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The British Capture of Fort Niagara is one of many controversial engagements of the Anglo-American War of 1812 and certainly marked a shift in the tactics of both the British and Americans in the final year of the war. General Gordon Drummond’s orders came on the heels of the destruction of the town of Niagara, today Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario, by the Americans and a group of traitorous Canadians. While the exact details of the destruction were blown out of proportion to justify the brutality of the capture better, it none the less is a dark stain on the British record of the war. Fort Niagara asRead More →

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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 →