Not to be confused with the American Fort Norfolk in Virginia.
From the Canada's Historic Places Site.
Nothing remains of the former fortifications known as Fort Norfolk, despite several archaeological surveys to find any. The fort was located at the entrance to the Turkey Point Provincial Park golf course. The site is marked by a stone monument with a plaque.
It was designated a national historic site in 1925 because of the British military and naval bases located at the site from 1814-1815. In 1795, the site was selected for a fort and stockade and then it became very strategically important in the War of 1812.
In 1814, British General Henry Proctor ordered a blockhouse built there and a partial wooden palisade fence on the slope above Turkey Point.
The project was abandoned at the conclusion of hostilities and by 1826, the fort was so decayed that the military post was relocated to Grand River.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
So nothing has ever been found?.... I am going to change that :-)
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