The golf course changed to an 18-hole course in 1895, further expanding into the ruins of the fort. Then the golf club proposed clearing the remaining ruins of the fort. This caused a major controversy. members of the golf club were primarily Americans summering in the area.
This brought about much criticism from locals and even newspapers in Toronto who called it a "desecration of scared heroic sites." Facing this outcry, the golf club abandoned its plans for the fort's ruins. The club eventually dissolved after the First World War.
During the First World War, the Canadian government built a military hospital on the site of the fort's esplanade with a kitchen, mess and guardhouse collectively known as Camp Niagara.
--Brock-Perry
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