Now until September 2nd, guests 18 to 24 get 50% off, and youth 17 & under can visit all Niagara Parks heritage sites for free as part of the Canada Strong Pass Initiative. No entry pass or registration is needed!

More ways to explore Canada this summer, made possible by the Government of Canada.

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.