In 1828, the headquarters of the British Army Centre Division was officially transferred to to York, Ontasrio. At that time, Fort George was reportedly just a few "wooden decaying barracks." In 1839, Navy Hall was converted into barracks for the fort's garrison and the former barracks became stables.
During the 1860s, the British government took control of the military complex in the area which included Fort George, Fort Mississauga, Butler's Barracks and the training common. The ruins of the fort were intermittenly leased to a private citizen who acted as the custodian-tenant of te property.
During that period, structures in the fort were converted to other uses: Officers quarters were incorporated into a farmhouse, the stone gunpowder magazine used for storing hay and the property itself used for grazing cattle.
By the 1880s, the bastions and gunpowder magazine were in bad condition.
In 1882, the Wright family was granted a lease by the Department of Militia Defence, which led to the opening of a golf club in the area with the golf course occupying portions of the ruin.
--Brock-Perry
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