Fort Ontario - Oswego, NY
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member ripraff
N 43° 27.950 W 076° 30.560
18T E 377909 N 4813653
This is the fourth fort built on the site, which dates to the 1840s.
Waymark Code: WMYNM4
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 07/04/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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"Visitors to Fort Ontario State Historic Site today will see the star-shaped fort dating to the early 1840's with 1863 to 1872 improvements. The fort is currently open to the public and undergoing renovations to its two officer's quarters...The fourth and current Fort Ontario is built on the ruins of three earlier fortifications dating to the French and Indian War, Revolutionary War, and War of 1812. In 1946 Fort Ontario was transferred to the State of New York and housed World War II veterans and their families until 1953. It opened as a state historic site in 1953."
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