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Category Archives: Forts
Historic Fort Wayne — Fort Wayne, Indiana
We visited here on one of our annual baseball junkets. The fort is tucked into downtown Fort Wayne along the Sewer Maumee River. There were several out-buildings, and the place was crawling with people dressed in period outfits — more … Continue reading
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Fort Mississauga — Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada
After leaving Fort George, we went looking for Fort Mississauga, a part of the Canadian National Park System that hasn’t been restored. We finally found it sandwiched between Lake Ontario and a golf course. We parked on a side street … Continue reading
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Fort George National Historic Site — Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada
We continued north, stopping next at Fort George (Canadian) National Historic Site. We stayed for almost three hours and enjoyed it tremendously. The place is huge, so it was hard to get photos that captured it well. The fort was … Continue reading
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Fort Erie — Ontario, Canada
A coworker and I had a day to kill before our flight home, so we borrowed a car and spent the day in a frenzy of sightseeing. We started at the southeast corner of Ontario, where the Niagara River empties … Continue reading
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Old Fort Niagara — Youngstown, NY
A coworker and I were in Canada for business. We had Saturday to kill before our flight home on Sunday morning, so we borrowed a car and headed to New York to do some touristing. Our first stop was Old … Continue reading
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