Historic Fort George-- Part 9: After the War of 1812

Fort Niagara remained under British control for the rest of the war and their focus shifted to more strategically located Fort Niagara across the river instead of Fort George.

In July 1814, American forces under Winfoeld Scott attempted to capture Fort Niagara, but called off the attack when he realized  that the naval support he had been promised would not come.

In 1817, American President James Monroe visited the Canadian side of the river on a goodwill trip and was entertained at Fort George by British officers.  However, Fort George's  inability to guard the entrance to the Niagara River caused a new installation named Fort Mississauga to be built near the mouth of the river in the 1820s.

During this same period, the constuction of Butler's Barracks was undertaken southwest of Fort George and out of range of American batteries.

The equipment within the fort was auctioned off in 1821 and the palisades relocated to other sites in the next year.  By 1825, the body of Isaac Brock was exhumed from the northeast bastion and placed at Brock's Monument in Queenston.

--Brock-Perry

Fort George, Canada-- Part 3: Built After Fort Niagara Turned Over to the Americans

This information from The Friends of Fort George  "The History of Fort George."

The British turned over Fort Niagara (on the American side of the Niagara River in 1796, in accordance to the Jay's Treaty of 1774, and the British immediately began construction of a fort on their side of the rive, Fort George, which was completed by 1802.  Its outer defenses included six large earthen bastions surrounded by a dry ditch.  Log blockhouses, a kitchens, a hospital, workshops, barracks, officers quarters and a stone powder magazine were constructed inside the walls.

The fort loomed over Navy Hall and commanded transportation along the Niagara River and served as the headquarters of the Centre Division of the British Army during the War of 1812.  Major General Sir Isaac Brock served at Fort George until his death at the Battle of Queenston Heights on October 12, 1812. The bodies of Brock and his aide-de-camp, Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonell were interred in the northeast bastion after the battle until moved to the first Brock Monument in 1824.

--Brock-Perry  (The Brock is for Sir Isaac Brock.)