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A Martello tower at the water's edge below the fort. A removable roof to protect against snow is characteristic of Canadian Martello towers. Fort Henry National Historic Site is located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada on Point Henry, a strategic, elevated point near the mouth of the Cataraqui River where it flows into the St. Lawrence River at the east end of Lake Ontario.
Built in June 1774, Fort Henry was not erected by any specific plan or design, but was one of a number of similar forts built to protect settlers on the frontier in the middle years of the 1770s. The outbreak of Lord Dunmore's War , a conflict between American Indians of the Ohio Country and Virginia, was the immediate reason for its construction.
The Fort Henry Guard (FHG) is a historical interpretation and exhibition drill organization based at Fort Henry, a national historic site in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.It has recreated the British military tradition of a bygone era since its founding in 1938.
Fort Henry National Historic Site of Canada Point Henry between the mouth of Kingston harbour and a second natural harbour at the mouth of the Cataraqui River Kingston ON Federal More images: Fort Lasalle Dormitory
Fort Henry (West Virginia), a 1774 fort near present–day Wheeling, West Virginia Fort Henry, a winter camp built by Andrew Henry (fur trader) on Henry's Fork of the Snake River in 1810-11 Fort Henry National Historic Site (1837) in Kingston, Ontario, a limestone redoubt and connected fortified battery
The Fort Laramie National Monument was established, which became the Fort Laramie National Historic Site in 1960. [ 15 ] In a 1983 document, the National Park Service (NPS) describes a 536-acre historic district within the larger national historic site containing all of the historic structures, buildings, ruins, and sites, as well as a separate ...
Salem Maritime National Historic Site in Salem, Massachusetts, was the first national historic site to be established in the U.S. National Historic Site (NHS) and National Historical Park (NHP) are designations for officially recognized areas of nationally historic significance in the United States. They are usually owned and managed by the ...
Fort Henry National Historic Site; K. Fort Kaministiquia; M. Fort Matachewan; Fort Mississauga; N. New Fort York; Fort Norfolk (Norfolk County, Ontario) R. Fort ...