List of National Historic Sites of Canada in the Niagara region

This list includes all buildings, objects and sites in the Canadian Niagara region that have the status of a National Historic Site of Canada (French lieu historique national du Canada ). The Canadian Department for the Environment added 26 sites to this list. Of these, seven are managed by Parks Canada .

National Historic Sites in the rest of the Province of Ontario are on the List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Ontario .

National Historic Sites

Historic site	date	ISIN drawing	Location	description
Butler's Barracks	1814–1854 (construction phase)	1963	Niagara-on-the-Lake 43 ° 14 ′ 54 " N , 79 ° 4 ′ 27" W.43.24837 -79.074044	Five wooden troop shelters built by the British after the British-American War ; used until the 1960s.
Fort Drummond	1814 (end of construction)	1928	Niagara-on-the-Lake 43 ° 9 ′ 37 " N , 79 ° 3 ′ 8" W.43.160147 -79.052234	Built during the British-American War redoubt and battery to protect the Chippawa-Queenston crossing; named after Gordon Drummond .
Fort Erie	1808 (end of construction)	1933	Fort Erie 42 ° 53 '36 " N , 78 ° 55' 26" W.42.89325 -78.923817	British fort destroyed by the Americans in 1814 during the British-American War ; Reconstructed 1937–39 by the Niagara Parks Commission.
Fort George	1799 (end of construction)	1921	Niagara-on-the-Lake 43 ° 15 ′ 3 " N , 79 ° 3 ′ 40" W.43.250833 -79.061111	In 1940, reconstructed British fort that served as the main fortification on the Niagara Peninsula during the British-American War .
Fort Mississauga	1814 (end of construction)	1960	Niagara-on-the-Lake 43 ° 15 ′ 42 " N , 79 ° 4 ′ 36" W.43.261667 -79.076667	Fortress strategically located at the mouth of the Niagara River and opposite the American Fort Niagara ; only surviving fortress of this type in Canada.
Battle of Ridgeway	1866 (battle)	1921	Fort Erie 42 ° 54 ′ 16 ″ N , 79 ° 2 ′ 30 ″ W.42.904349 -79.041642	Site of a battle where Canadian military units defended the region against an attack by the American Fenian Brotherhood .
LJ Shickluna Service Station	1924 (end of construction)	1995	Port Colborne 42 ° 53 ′ 17 " N , 79 ° 15 ′ 4" W.42.887941 -79.251214	Former gas station in the Spanish colonial style; Symbol of the rapidly growing importance of the automobile after the First World War .
Mississauga Point Lighthouse	1804 (end of construction)	1937	Niagara-on-the-Lake 43 ° 15 ′ 42 " N , 79 ° 4 ′ 36" W.43.261644 -79.076628	First lighthouse on the Great Lakes ; damaged during the British-American War in 1813 and demolished in 1814 when the British built Fort Mississauga here.
Navy Island		1921	Niagara Falls 43 ° 3 ′ 23 " N , 79 ° 0 ′ 38" W.43.056408 -79.010583	Archaeological site on an uninhabited island in the Niagara River ; Seat of the government-in-exile of William Lyon Mackenzie during the 1837 rebellions .
Niagara Apothecary	1820 (end of construction)	1968	Niagara-on-the-Lake 43 ° 15 ′ 18 " N , 79 ° 4 ′ 16" W.43.25503 -79.07099	Georgian style wooden single storey house ; housed a pharmacy from 1866 to 1964 .
Niagara District Court House	1847 (end of construction)	1980	Niagara-on-the-Lake 43 ° 15 ′ 18 ″ N , 79 ° 4 ′ 15 ″ W.43.255069 -79.070917	Neoclassical style courthouse designed by William Thomas ; Excellent example of a public multi-purpose building from the mid-19th century (formerly also with prison, market and council chamber).
Niagara-on-the-Lake	1815–1859 (construction phase)	2003	Niagara-on-the-Lake 43 ° 15 ′ 18 ″ N , 79 ° 4 ′ 19 ″ W.43.255006 -79.071833	Settlement of the loyalists of the early 19th century on the south bank of Lake Ontario ; the historic district comprises 25 blocks with numerous architecturally remarkable buildings.
Point Abino Light Tower	1918 (end of construction)	1998	Crystal Beach 42 ° 50 ′ 8 " N , 79 ° 5 ′ 43" W.42.835514 -79.095178	Lighthouse at the eastern end of Lake Erie ; it was supposed to complement the neighboring holiday homes and was therefore more elaborately designed than most of the Canadian lighthouses.
Queenston Chippawa Hydroelectric Power Station	1925 (end of construction)	1990	Niagara Falls 43 ° 8 ′ 45 " N , 79 ° 2 ′ 44" W.43.145964 -79.045431	Two hydropower plants above Niagara Falls , which were the largest in the world at the time of commissioning.
R. Nathaniel Dett British Methodist Episcopal Church	1836 (end of construction)	1999	Niagara Falls 43 ° 5 ′ 16 ″ N , 79 ° 5 ′ 15 ″ W.43.087806 -79.087486	Chapel of the British Methodist Episcopal Church , named after the composer Robert Nathaniel Dett ; Symbol of the African-American settlers in the Niagara region and the role of the church in the Underground Railroad .
Salem Chapel	1855 (end of construction)	1999	St. Catharines 43 ° 9 ′ 55 ″ N , 79 ° 14 ′ 24 ″ W.43.165197 -79.240044	Church building with gable front; typical of churches connected to the Underground Railroad ; important center for the activities of the abolitionist movement in Canada.
Battle of Frenchman's Creek	1812 (battle)	1921	Fort Erie 42 ° 56 ′ 32 " N , 78 ° 55 ′ 35" W.42.94227 -78.92645	Smaller skirmish during the British-American War when British forces drove an American vanguard back across the Niagara River .
Battle of Beaver Dams	1813 (battle)	1921	Thorold 43 ° 7 ′ 4 ″ N , 79 ° 11 ′ 8 ″ W.43.117776 -79.185419	Site of a decisive British victory during the British-American War , after Laura Secord previously warned the British of an impending American attack.
Battle of Chippewa	1814 (battle)	1921	Niagara Falls 43 ° 3 ′ 8 " N , 79 ° 1 ′ 29" W.43.052127 -79.02472	Site of a battle during the British-American War , which ended in an American victory but ultimately had no consequences.
Battle of Cook's Mills	1814 (battle)	1921	Welland 42 ° 59 ′ 52 ″ N , 79 ° 10 ′ 30 ″ W.42.997895 -79.174913	Location of the last clash between American and British troops in the Niagara region and the penultimate battle of the British-American War .
Battle of Fort George	1813 (battle)	1921	Niagara-on-the-Lake 43 ° 15 ′ 43 " N , 79 ° 5 ′ 4" W.43.262033 -79.084517	One of the fiercest battles of the British-American War , in which the Americans managed to create a beachhead on the Niagara Peninsula .
Battle of Lundy's Lane	1814 (battle)	1937	Niagara Falls 43 ° 5 ′ 21 " N , 79 ° 5 ′ 44" W.43.089152 -79.095456	Location of a confrontation between British and American troops; this battle was one of the bloodiest of the British-American War and marked the end of the American offensive in Upper Canada .
Battle of Queenston Heights	1812 (battle)	1968	Niagara-on-the-Lake 43 ° 9 ′ 37 " N , 79 ° 3 ′ 8" W.43.160147 -79.052234	Wooded spur of the Niagara strata where the British repulsed the Americans during the British-American War .
Vrooman's Battery	1812 (battle)	1921	Niagara-on-the-Lake 43 ° 10 '42 " N , 79 ° 3' 30" W.43.178267 -79.058347	An artillery battery that made it difficult for American troops to advance during the British-American War during the Battle of Queenston Heights .
Toronto Power Hydroelectric Plant	1913 (end of construction)	1983	Niagara Falls 43 ° 4 ′ 19 ″ N , 79 ° 4 ′ 26 ″ W.43.072069 -79.073817	1974 run-of-river power plant shut down ; the first Niagara Falls power plant wholly Canadian owned; unusual use of Beaux Arts architecture on an industrial building.
Willowbank	1836 (end of construction)	2003	Niagara-on-the-Lake 43 ° 10 ′ 4 " N , 79 ° 3 ′ 29" W.43.16773 -79.05796	Country estate with temple-like mansion; Landscaping and architecture are symbolic of the fusion of neoclassicism and the Picturesque ideal.