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 | photo |
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Butler's Barracks | 1814–1854 (construction phase) | 1963 |
Niagara-on-the-Lake 43 ° 14 ′ 54 " N , 79 ° 4 ′ 27" W. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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 |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Country estate with temple-like mansion; Landscaping and architecture are symbolic of the fusion of neoclassicism and the Picturesque ideal. |
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- ^ National Historic Sites of Canada - administered by Parks Canada: Niagara. Parks Canada, accessed June 17, 2012 .
- ^ National Historic Sites of Canada - Administered by Parks Canada: Queenston. Parks Canada, accessed June 17, 2012 .
- ^ Butler's Barracks National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 17, 2012 .
- ^ Fort Drummond National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 17, 2012 .
- ^ Fort Erie National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 17, 2012 .
- ^ Fort George National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 17, 2012 .
- ^ Fort Mississauga National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 17, 2012 .
- ^ Ridgeway Battlefield National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 17, 2012 .
- ↑ Former LJ Shickluna Service Station National Historic Site of Canada. Parks Canada, accessed June 17, 2012 .
- ↑ Mississauga Point Lighthouse National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 17, 2012 .
- ^ Navy Island National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 17, 2012 .
- ^ Niagara Apothecary National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 17, 2012 .
- ^ Niagara District Court House National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 17, 2012 .
- ^ Niagara-on-the-Lake National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 17, 2012 .
- ↑ Point Abino Light Tower National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 17, 2012 .
- ^ Queenston-Chippawa Hydro-Electric Development National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 17, 2012 .
- ^ R. Nathaniel Dett British Methodist Episcopal Church National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 17, 2012 .
- ^ Salem Chapel, British Methodist Episcopal Church National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 17, 2012 .
- ^ Frenchman's Creek National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 17, 2012 .
- ^ Battle of Beaver Dams National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 17, 2012 .
- ^ Battle of Chippewa National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 17, 2012 .
- ^ Battle of Cook's Mills National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 17, 2012 .
- ^ Battlefield of Fort George National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 17, 2012 .
- ^ Battle of Lundy's Lane National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 17, 2012 .
- ^ Queenston Heights National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 17, 2012 .
- ^ Vrooman's Battery National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 17, 2012 .
- ↑ Toronto Power Generating Station National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 17, 2012 .
- ^ Willowbank National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places, accessed June 17, 2012 .
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