OLD FORT NIAGARA

18-Pounder Battery (1840-72)

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During the War of 1812 Fort Niagara exchanged furious artillery barrages with British-held Fort George visible across the river. Heavy guns were placed here and along the river wall during the 1840s to bear on Canada but were never fired in anger. Within sight on the American side are the surviving structures of "New" Fort Niagara, established after the Civil War. This area became Fort Niagara State Park in 1965. The lovely stone lighthouse was built in 1871 and used until 1993.