Fort Ontario

Fort Ontario
View from Fort Ontario
Fort Ontario is located in New York
Fort Ontario
Fort Ontario is located in the United States
Fort Ontario
Location1 E. 4th St. and Lake Ontario, Oswego, New York
Coordinates43°27′57″N 76°30′29″W / 43.46583°N 76.50806°W / 43.46583; -76.50806
Area36 acres (15 ha)
Built1839 (1839)
NRHP reference No.70000426[1]
NYSRHP No.07540.000009
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 18, 1970
Designated NYSRHPJune 23, 1980

Fort Ontario is an American historic bastion fort situated by the City of Oswego in Oswego County, New York. It is owned by the state of New York and operated as a museum known as Fort Ontario State Historic Site. Fort Ontario is located on the east side of the Oswego River on high ground overlooking Lake Ontario.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.