Old Fort Erie
Canada's Bloodiest Battlefield
Step back into a time of red coats, black powder and gray fortress walls. Over 200 years of living history resides within, at Old Fort Erie.
Facts & Figures Old Fort Erie
- the site of ancient flint quarries
- the first fort built in Ontario by the British - in 1764 during Pontiac's Rebellion
- a base for British troops, Loyalist Rangers and Iroquois Warriors during the American Revolution (1775 - 1783)
- Canada's bloodiest field of battle with over 3000 troops killed and wounded during the Siege of Fort Erie August 3 to September 21, 1814
- the major crossing point into Canada of the Underground Railroad 1793 - 1865
- occupied by the Fenians (Irish Republican Army) during their largest raid, 1866
- visited by Pontiac, General Brock, General Winfield Scott, Lord and Lady Simcoe, Prince Edward (future King Edward VII), Mark Twain.
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