Events highlight Old Fort Niagara's French heritage

Three hundred years ago, the French established Fort Niagara at the mouth of the Niagara River. The fort was designed to protect the strategic Niagara Portage, a trail that bypassed Niagara Falls and linked Lakes Ontario and Erie.Today and Saturday, Old Fort Niagara will bring the historic era to life with a series of living history programs depicting the French occupation of the Niagara Region from 1726 to 1759.kAm%@52J[ E96 7@CE H:== H6=4@>6 b__ uC6?49 2?5 $@4:2= $EF5:6D DEF56?ED 7@C 2 52J @7 65F42E:@?2= AC@8C2>D] $EF56?ED H:== C@E2E6 2>@?8 `a =62C?:?8 DE2E:@?D E92E :==FDEC2E6 uC6?49 2C49:E64EFC6[ EC256[ >:=:E2CJ =:76 2?5 4F:D:?6] uC:52J’D AC@8C2>D 2C6 4@?5F4E65 :? 4@@A6C2E:@? H:E9 E96 (6DE6C? }6H *@C< r92AE6C @7 E96 p>6C:42? pDD@4:2E:@? @7 %62496CD @7 uC6?49]k^AmkAm%96 6G6?E 4@?E:?F6D @? $2EFC52J H:E9 92?5D\@?

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