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Photo: Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Fort Ontario is built on the ruins of three earlier fortifications dating to the French and Indian War, Revolutionary War, and War of 1812.
Fort Ontario is a historic bastion fort used by British and American forces, located in the City of Oswego in Oswego County, New York, US. Fort Ontario is located on the east side of the Oswego River on high ground overlooking Lake Ontario. The present fortifications are built on a pentagonal plan with five bastions. The fort is on the National Register of Historic Places. It is owned by the state of New York and operated as a museum known as Fort Ontario State Historic Site.
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The War Relocation Authority established the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter, the first and only in the United States, housing primarily Europeans of Jewish descent.
Marine history museum on former grain elevator site at canal terminus. Exhibits, galleries and a fleet of historic vessels the length of Oswego's West First Street Pier. Treasure Chest souvenir shop. Historic vessels open mid-May - Sep 30, weather permitting.
Kayak out to lighthouse or start up Oswego River. One hour's rental from city-run Wright Landing is all you need to see a lot and get a good workout.
Live music, arts and crafts vendors and demonstrations, pumpkin carving lessons, ghost stories, scarecrow building and pumpkin carving contests, a mini farmer's market, and a wide variety of hearty foods.
An active aid to navigation, built in 1934 at the mouth of the Oswego River to replace an earlier light constructed in 1880. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America, owned by the City of Oswego and operated by the United States Coast Guard.
Victorian (1867) lawyer's home with Oswego County Historical Society archival collections and exhibits documenting the history of Oswego County.