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Fort Erie (
www.forteriecanada.com
) is a vibrant border town, just across the Niagara River
from Buffalo, and 18 miles south of Niagara Falls. In the heart of vacation country, Fort
Erie's population swells from 30,000 to 40,000 each summer as cottage dwellers flock to
the area's beautiful beaches.
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Old Fort Erie
The site of Canada's bloodiest battlefield,
Old Fort Erie
(350 Lakeshore Rd., 905/
871-0540,
www.niagaraparksheritage.com
,
10am-5pm daily mid-May-Aug., 10am-4pm
Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm Sat.-Sun. Sept.-Oct., $12.25 adults, $8 children 6-16) dates back to
the late 1700s. In 1764, after Britain won the French and Indian War, redcoats built a mod-
est fort near the water's edge along the Lake Erie shoreline. After the American Revolu-
