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.)