From Wikipedia.
Fort Mississauga National Historic Site is a fort located on the shore of Lake Ontario at the mouth of the Niagara River by the town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.
It consists of a box-like brick tower surrounded by a star-shaped earthworks.
It was built from 1814-1816 during the War of 1812 to replace the nearby Fort George (which was considered to be too far from Lake Ontario). It was built on a foundation of brick and stone salvaged from rubble left over after retreating U.S. forces burned the nearby town of Newark (today's Niagara-on-the-Lake) in December 1813.
It would help in the defense of Upper Canada as a part of the regional network that also included Fort George, Navy Hall and Butler's Barracks.
However, Fort Mississauga was not completed until after the end of the war.
--Brock-Perry
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