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Forts: 1800-1869
York Garrison The garrison at York, the military base for Upper Canada founded by Simcoe on Toronto harbour in 1793.
ID #10215
Fort Niagara Old Fort Niagara, being turned over to the Amerians, under the terms of Jay's Treaty in 1796, along with other posts on the American edge of the inland boundary.
ID #10220
Fort George A view of Fort George, from the American Fort Niagara, at the entry from Lake Ontario to the Niagara River.
ID #10253
Marquis de Montcalm The Marquis de Montcalm, Louis Joseph Montcalm, French commander until his death in 1759, who captured Fort Oswego in 1756 from the British.
ID #20265
Michilimackinac Capture The capture of Michilimackinac, July 1812, in a sudden attack by British soldiers and fur traders during the War of 1812.
ID #10255
Fort Erie A Canadian stamp depicting Fort Erie, at the western edge of the Niagara River, which fell to American attack in 1814, who blew it up before withdrawing to their own side of the river.
ID #21684
Fort Niagara and Mississauga A view of Fort Niagara from Fort Mississauga, Upper Canada, 1840. Watercolour by Philip J. Bainbrigge (1817-1881).
ID #23192
Fort Vancouver Fort Vancouver, on the north bank of the Columbia River, in what is now Washington, USA 1845. By Henry James Warre.
ID #21827
Fort Edmonton Fort Edmonton along the North Saskatchewan River was rebuilt and occupied by the Hudson's Bay Company after Indians destroyed its predecessors.
ID #10272
Fort Henry The Fort Henry guard, in 1867 uniforms, is part of the living museum at For Henry, first built during the War of 1812 and strengthened in 1832-1836 to defend the entrance to the Rideau Canal.
ID #20611
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