This is a list of National Historic Sites () in Niagara Region, Ontario. There are 26 National Historic Sites designated in Niagara,Ottawa, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada of which nine are administered by Parks Canada (identified below by the beaver icon ).Niagara , Queenston , Cook's Mills, Ridgeway - National Historic Sites of Canada - administered by Parks Canada

Numerous National Historic Events also occurred in the Niagara Region, and are identified at places associated with them, using the same style of federal plaque which marks National Historic Sites. Several National Historic Persons are commemorated throughout the region in the same way. The markers do not indicate which designation—a Site, Event, or Person—a subject has been given.

National Historic Sites located elsewhere in Ontario are listed at National Historic Sites in Ontario.

This list uses the designation names as recognized by the national Historic Sites and Monuments Board, not necessarily the official or colloquial names of the sites.

National Historic Sites

Site Date(s) Designated Location Description Image Battle of Beaver DamsBattle of Beaver Dams, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1813 (battle) 1921 Thorold The site of a decisive British victory during the War of 1812, after heroine Laura Secord had earlier struck out on a long and difficult trek to warn the British of an impending American attack Battle of ChippawaBattle of Chippawa, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1814 (battle) 1921 Chippawa The site of a battle that took place during the War of 1812 as a result of the last major American invasion of Canada Battle of Cook's Mills, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1814 (battle) 1921 Cooks Mills The site of the last engagement between U.S. and British/Canadian armies fought in Niagara, and second-last on Canadian soil during the War of 1812 Battle of Lundy's LaneBattle of Lundy's Lane, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1814 (battle) 1937 Niagara Falls The site of a spontaneous confrontation between the British and American forces in which the British attacked American forces returning from the Battle of Chippawa; the six-hour-long battle was one of the bloodiest battles of the War of 1812 and marked the end of American offensive in Upper Canada Battlefield of Fort GeorgeBattlefield of Fort George, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1813 (battle) 1921 Niagara-on-the-Lake The site of one of the fiercest battles of the War of 1812, in which the U.S. managed to gain a toehold on the Niagara Peninsula; distinct from nearby Fort George National Historic Site Butler's BarracksButler's Barracks, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1814–54 (completed) 1963 Niagara-on-the-Lake A complex of five wooden buildings, built by the British after the War of 1812 and occupied as a military camp until the 1960s, representing 150 years of military history Former L.J. Shickluna Service StationFormer L.J. Shickluna Service Station, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1924 (c.) (completed) 1995 Port Colborne Early Spanish Colonial Revival-style service station; symbol of rapid post-World War I automobile culture Fort DrummondFort Drummond, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1814 (completed) 1928 Niagara-on-the-Lake A redoubt and battery constructed during the War of 1812 to protect the main portage road from Chippawa to Queenston, named after Sir Gordon Drummond; some walls of the redoubt are still extant Fort ErieFort Erie, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1808 (completion of third Fort Erie) 1933 Fort Erie (town) The first British fort to be constructed as part of a network developed after the Seven Years' War in the western portion of the Province of Quebec (later Upper Canada); captured and destroyed in 1814 by invading American forces during the War of 1812, the remains of the fort were rebuilt by the Niagara Parks Commission in 1937–39 Fort GeorgeFort George, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1799 (completed), 1940 (reconstruction completed) 1921 Niagara-on-the-Lake Reconstructed British fort that served as the principal fortification on the Niagara Peninsula during the War of 1812; distinct from the nearby Battlefield of Fort George National Historic Site Fort MississaugaFort Mississauga, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1814 (completed) 1960 Niagara-on-the-Lake Located in a strategic position at the mouth of the Niagara River to protect the Canadian frontier and to counter Fort Niagara on the U.S. side, it is the only remaining fortification of its type (a square tower within a star-shaped earthwork) in Canada Frenchman's CreekFrenchman's Creek, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1812 (battle) 1921 Fort Erie The battle of Frenchman’s Creek was a minor skirmish in the War of 1812, where British forces pushed an American advance parties back across the Niagara River; the failure of American troops contributed, in part, to the cancellation of the larger invasion planned for the Niagara peninsula at the end of 1812 Mississauga Point LighthouseMississauga Point Lighthouse, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1804 (completed), 1814 (demolished) 1937 Niagara-on-the-Lake The first lighthouse on the Great Lakes, constructed in 1804 by the military masons of the 49th Regiment of Foot, it was damaged in the Battle of Fort George in 1813, and demolished in 1814 when the British built Fort Mississauga on the site Navy IslandNavy Island, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1761 (shipyard established) 1921 Niagara Falls Archaeological remains on an uninhabited island on the Ontario side of the Niagara River; during the 1760s, the island was home to the first British shipyard to serve the Upper Great Lakes and, during the Upper Canada Rebellion, the seat of William Lyon Mackenzie’s exiled government, the Republic of Canada Niagara ApothecaryNiagara Apothecary, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1820 (completed) 1968 Niagara-on-the-Lake A white, single-storey clapboard Georgian building on Niagara-on-the-Lake’s main commercial street, it served as an apothecary/pharmacy from approximately 1866 to 1964 and it is one of the very few remaining examples of an old apothecary shop Niagara District Court HouseNiagara District Court House, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1847 (completed) 1980 Niagara-on-the-Lake Designed by William Thomas in the Neoclassical style, it is an excellent example of a mid-19th-century multipurpose civic structure, originally containing the local court house, jail, market and town hall Niagara-on-the-LakeNiagara-on-the-Lake, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1815–59 (completed) 2003 Niagara-on-the-Lake An early-19th-century Loyalist town located on the southern shore of Lake Ontario; the historic district covers 25 city blocks and contains the best collection of buildings in Canada from the period following the War of 1812 Point Abino Light TowerAbino Light Tower, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1918 (completed) 1998 Crystal Beach A lighthouse situated at the eastern end of Lake Erie; intended to complement the summer homes nearby, it was more elaborately designed than most Canadian lighthouses, with a high level of its features still intact Queenston HeightsQueenston Heights, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1812 (battle) 1968 Niagara-on-the-Lake A treed promontory on the Niagara Escarpment, where the British repulsed an American invasion in the Battle of Queenston Heights in the War of 1812; site of Brock's Monument and a monument to Laura Secord Queenston-Chippawa Hydro-electric PlantQueenston-Chippawa Hydro-electric Plant, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1925 (completed) 1990 Niagara-on-the-Lake At the time of its completion, it was the first large-scale hydroelectric generation project in the world R. Nathaniel Dett British Methodist Episcopal ChurchR. Nathaniel Dett British Methodist Episcopal Church, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1836 (completed) 1999 Niagara Falls A British Methodist Episcopal Church chapel named after and associated with the formative years of composer Robert Nathaniel Dett; representative of early black settlement in the Niagara area and the church's role in assisting Underground Railroad refugees Ridgeway BattlefieldRidgeway Battlefield, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1866 (battle) 1921 Fort Erie The site of the battlefield where the Queen’s Own Rifles, 13th Hamilton Battalion, and Caledonia and York Rifle Companies of Haldimand defended Canada against Fenian raiders from the United States Salem Chapel, British Methodist Episcopal ChurchSalem Chapel, British Methodist Episcopal Church, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1855 (completed) 1999 St. Catharines A gable-fronted church representative of the auditory-hall design of Underground Railroad-related churches; an important centre of 19th-century abolitionist activity in Canada, associated with Harriet Tubman Toronto Power Generating StationToronto Power Generating Station, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1913 (completed) 1983 Niagara Falls A generating station to supply hydro-electric power to Toronto, it was the first wholly Canadian-owned hydro-electric facility at Niagara Falls; an elegant and unusual application of Beaux-Arts design to an industrial site in Canada WillowbankWillowbank, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1836 (completed) 2003 Niagara-on-the-Lake A estate with a large -storey temple-fronted mansion; the landscaping and largely unchanged exterior architecture are symbolic of the fusion of Neoclassical architecture and the Picturesque ideal that characterized large country estates of Upper Canada in the early 19th century Vrooman's BatteryVrooman's Battery, Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada 1812 (battle) 1921 Niagara-on-the-Lake An artillery battery that maintained a harassing fire on the American forces crossing the Niagara River during the Battle of Queenston Heights in the War of 1812; now consists of a mound on the riverbank

See also Niagara Peninsula Neutral Nation

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