This is really marvelous fort Niagara. I was there when I was in my late twenties. I'm going back there w/ my family! I can't wait! Great recording you did on this! Ty for sharing sir! 😊
I was told as a kid 60 years ago that, table area was a long bed that one was expected to sleep on and all must roll over at the same time....I was a cub scout at the time. Thanks for this great view of our collective past.
I must say you have a way of getting things across and keeping the interest flowing throughout your videos. Really appreciate the effort AND for taking us all along. There are many of us out there that would love to see some of this stuff, but just don't have the capabilities of doing it, let alone knowing that much of this stuff even exists. Looking forward to your next video.
Growing up my parents did reenactments of the French and Indian and Revolutionary War and we were allowed to actually camp there. It was an awesome time I really enjoyed it, some of my best memories growing up we're doing these reenactments. To my old stepfather Jeff Usher I miss you.
I love that old fort, with the two fireplaces! I, too, can picture myself sitting in that chair, smoking my pipe, as the fire burned. To top it off, it's alongside a lake! I love it and see myself there! I LOVE history, and this place is incredible!
Come back in May. We run a Civil War artillery school for reenactors here. We camp at the Fort and garrison it for the weekend. After 5pm, we have the Fort to ourselves. The main building is more commonly called " The French Castle". It's one of my favorite places.
I have a pile of old photographs from my school trip/sleep over we had at OFN. I had such a fun time there. This was back in 2001? I was about 9 years old. I took so many pictures of the well, and the chapel room all just because of the ghost stories the guides told us. I live not too far from there still, and I want to go back.
Hi Cliff, a very interesting and historical place. I adore the main house/fort, I think you and Jay should start a small skirmish and take the house over lol. Thank you so much for sharing, I hope you had a safe trip back home. x
What a fabulous place! The fort looks like an English manor house or a French chateau. That would definitely be an awesome place to live, except for the winter storms that come off that lake.
What an excellent tour. Thank You Kindly WW! I could easily live there as well. Bet even with those fireplaces it would get cold. Happy Hiking! DaveyJO
i hope you learned the stories of the fort.. the haunted chapel, the fight down the stairs and the spirits that still reside there 😬😬 i was in a fife and drum corps that performed there every year, i did that from age 7-8 until i was 18? it’s been so long! the room that you said housed a big table on the first floor were the barracks the soldiers would sleep on. when we performed there for the weekend, we stayed at the fort and every year we could sleep anywhere in the fort. primarily we would stay in the barracks, but i’ve also slept in the chapel (haunted!), the trading room, the kitchen, and one of the buildings across the way. such amazing memories!
South Buffalo here. We are on Lake Erie's eastern end, hence Erie County. Lake Ontario is great too, Fort Niagara is in Youngstown, Niagara County, NY.
Great video! I live in this area and have been going to Fort Niagara since grade school which was in the late 1950s and early 1960s. We were told that in the castle, on the 1st floor, that the room you referred to as a possible prison, was in fact a prison and next to it was the dungeon. There are names of the former prisoners etched on the walls of the prison. Also, years ago we were told that there was a fight by the well and someone's head is down in there. I love the place too!!!
Dittos from other comments,,and kudos. what history, what beauty, what a history teacher, and a patient John. Bravo to John for hanging out on so many adventures.
That body of water is awesome. I have never been there, but now I have by you. The forts are very interesting. Beautiful stone in the house, yes I can move into that house to with no problem. What a beautiful building and chapel on top of that. I could not believe the thick walls. This is a great find, love every bit of it and so close to Canada. Couldn't believe it.
Cool, i haven't been to the fort in over 40 years....thats Toronto across Lake Ontario, the town of Niagara On The Lake is directly right across the Niagara River...Fort George is just south of the town of Niagara On The Lake
This beautiful Fort is definitely on my bucket list. By the way Cliff, that"s one heck of a camera if you can zoom into John at that great of a distance.
We, here in SW Ohio, just love your videos. This one is really special since we've been to Ft. Niagara Lighthouse, but not inside the fort. You're right it's a lovely location. We learned a lot from your tour. Thanks for allowing us to come along.
WOW !!!! I really enjoyed the historical video. I love any video you do on history. I am re-watching the George Washington mini series again and this just fits in. Don't move in. There aren't enough trees for the firewood. They cut them all down in 1700 to 1800's.
Wow!!! Beautiful place, thank you for the tour. The inside of the fort was so cool, they just don't build places like that anymore. Totally enjoyed your tour!!!
Awesome fort and love hearing about the history. They have a fort trail here in Texas that is good too, if you ever decide to get this far south. Thanks for the info, so informative!!
After Watching your video I think I've been there. Probably in one of our vacations to Canada to visit family. Parts of it looked so familiar. I'll have to ask my parents. (We visited a lot of historical places when I was growing up) I'd move in that house too .
So happy that I found this video, I love history for sure Thanks you so much for sharing I will never be able to see this in person but thanks to you I get to set it on video so AMAZING!
During the war of 1812 the New York theater of Plattsburgh was an important win for the Americans and while that was going on my ancestor on the other side of the lakes , more out West, died fighting in the war of 1812-remember the important win down in New Orleans
Room downstairs with the table, couple of chairs, and that long table-like structure with raised edging - I would guess would be for weapons cleaning and maintenance - edge would keep small parts from rolling off onto the floor. Second floor room with the desk and attached "luxury bedroom" - commanding officer's quarters. Next two bedrooms with a sitting room between - probably next tier officers. There are bunks in the armory for those keeping guard, like in the watchtower by the lake - but I believe upstairs on third floor was probably outfitted like ships-holds, where removable bunks could be stowed and cannon wheeled to the hatches. Just my guesses. Thick stone walls to stand up to possible cannon fire, lots of fireplaces - you know in Winter it gets those serious blasts of Canada air, and there's NO windbreaks between the building and the lake! OUCH! 😱 I know you like all those old stone ruins you hunt down - now you get to see one of same era that's NOT just a foundation! 👍🏽 Every time you repeated about moving in, I LMAO! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Decades ago, I accidentally discovered Fort Norfolk tucked behind manufacturing buildings south of the hospital -was really neat with all the stone bunkers for arms and powder and had the full "star" earthworks around it - defended Hampton Roads back in the day. But in recent years, parts were shaved off and made into parking for the hospital and the condos that replaced the manufacturing buildings. Sad.
WOW WOW WOW I LOVE THIS PLACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) I would love to hang out there for a few days even a week lol just to get the real feel of it all, soak it all in. WOW!
When I was in 5th grade elementary school this was the field trip I couldn't wait for. I remember it was a rainy Thursday and it looked like we might not go from The Grammar School in Albion, NY. Fortunately, the powers that be (Mrs. Sanford, Mrs. Titus and Mrs. Harrington) decided to take a chance. One of the main things I remember from the tour was when our "guide" told us while seeing the dungeon that in a prisoner committed suicide by ramming his head against one of the stone walls. I took a picture of the blood stained wall still visible in 1973. I still have that actual photograph and the blood stain is clearly visible in the picture to this day. Yet, I have tried every possible search tool to find documentation of this story and absolutely none can be found. I'm wondering if anyone else might recall this story or was it just a hyped myth?
In the fort you ask if someone important stayed there, and his potrait was just to your left which you totally blew past, irritating kind of like when you take us to a cemetery and don't give us time to read names/dates.
the city you seen in canada was toronto. i live in lewiston, ny. great videos make me proud having someone make a video on something in my back yard. great work ..
If yourstill in Bath you should go to Newtown battlefeild in chemung ny. There is a reactment either this week or next week. Cool place!!!! My 5th gen grandpa Stephen Savy was a fifer their. ❤❤
Will have to research the Coat of Arms above the door but guessing it's the Arms of the French monarchy yes I could live there too such a beautiful spot
Great video, I grew up there and have been going to old Fort Niagara since grade school - 50 plus years ago. Did they tell you the story of the head thrown down into the well and the headless ghost who roams the Fort looking for it?? Scared the hell out of me when I was a kid !!!
Awesome beautiful going to have to visit if im in the area again. Hope u went to Eternal Flame Falls as well i guess i’ll see in upcoming vids, if not it’s really cool, trail is rough but well worth it!!!!
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It's wonderful that this place is so well preserved. One could tell you were having the time of your life.
Thank you for the nice review
Thanks for recording these videos. It helps people ,like me, who can't go do to injuries.
Yes! I just got into hiking/exploring, and I got lyme for the second time.
This is cool thanks for showing this video my 5 great uncle Nathaniel Leonard is the one who comanded the fort during the war of 1812
Awesome video, thank you for taking us along.
Awesome video. Thanks for sharing!
Your not only one whom could easily live there!
This is really marvelous fort Niagara. I was there when I was in my late twenties. I'm going back there w/ my family! I can't wait! Great recording you did on this! Ty for sharing sir! 😊
I was told as a kid 60 years ago that, table area was a long bed that one was expected to sleep on and all must roll over at the same time....I was a cub scout at the time. Thanks for this great view of our collective past.
You saw Toronto, notice the CN Tower.
Most likely city of Hamilton Ontario
Toronto is further up along lake
@@markmullin4246 no it was def Toronto
Hamilton doesn't have a humongous skyline like Toronto . Hamilton is at the west end of Lake Ontario . Across that Lake is Toronto .
I must say you have a way of getting things across and keeping the interest flowing throughout your videos. Really appreciate the effort AND for taking us all along. There are many of us out there that would love to see some of this stuff, but just don't have the capabilities of doing it, let alone knowing that much of this stuff even exists. Looking forward to your next video.
Excellent piece of history. Thanks for sharing.
That was beautiful!!!!! Wow
Growing up my parents did reenactments of the French and Indian and Revolutionary War and we were allowed to actually camp there. It was an awesome time I really enjoyed it, some of my best memories growing up we're doing these reenactments. To my old stepfather Jeff Usher I miss you.
I love that old fort, with the two fireplaces! I, too, can picture myself sitting in that chair, smoking my pipe, as the fire burned. To top it off, it's alongside a lake! I love it and see myself there!
I LOVE history, and this place is incredible!
Ive been there many times as a kid. I was born and raised in Niagara Falls NY❤
What BEAUTIFUL STONE WORK....
Your history tour's are wonderful. Please keep it up. AMERICAN history is cool.
Come back in May. We run a Civil War artillery school for reenactors here. We camp at the Fort and garrison it for the weekend. After 5pm, we have the Fort to ourselves. The main building is more commonly called " The French Castle". It's one of my favorite places.
I love seeing about the history of NF...My hometown
I have a pile of old photographs from my school trip/sleep over we had at OFN. I had such a fun time there. This was back in 2001? I was about 9 years old. I took so many pictures of the well, and the chapel room all just because of the ghost stories the guides told us. I live not too far from there still, and I want to go back.
Beautiful intro of the place the , tower before heading henceforth inside. Beautiful Fort.
Beautiful house. So much history. Unless they've installed central heating you'd better bring long johns. It would be a very long cold winter
Yes, Toronto is across the lake from Old Fort Niagara. Amazing views and an interesting tour. Thanks for sharing!
Funny, he didn’t mention that...LOL!
👋🏻😁 Hi from Central Ontario Canada! 🇨🇦
Okay....well...he did later in the video. 😁
Hi Cliff, a very interesting and historical place. I adore the main house/fort, I think you and Jay should start a small skirmish and take the house over lol. Thank you so much for sharing, I hope you had a safe trip back home. x
So cool to see my old hometown Toronto off in the distance too :)
The inside of that Fort house in beautiful and stunning.. Those were on the older days , Trading Post.
Nice seeing you again Wondering Woodsman. Been a while since your last video. God bless 😇 you and keep safe.
That is beautiful! Thank you!
I love old fort Niagara... it’s an amazing history
Great video. I can see you living back then. Maybe one of Rogers Rangers!
Thank you for sharing all of your explores because my health keeps me in the house. I really appreciate yours and JPVIDEOS
I couldn't tell if you really liked that place or not...
JPVideos 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
What a fabulous place! The fort looks like an English manor house or a French chateau. That would definitely be an awesome place to live, except for the winter storms that come off that lake.
What an excellent tour. Thank You Kindly WW! I could easily live there as well. Bet even with those fireplaces it would get cold. Happy Hiking! DaveyJO
Ty for sharing your adventures and videos with us ALL. Great tour. Ty.
Beautiful building.
i hope you learned the stories of the fort.. the haunted chapel, the fight down the stairs and the spirits that still reside there 😬😬 i was in a fife and drum corps that performed there every year, i did that from age 7-8 until i was 18? it’s been so long! the room that you said housed a big table on the first floor were the barracks the soldiers would sleep on. when we performed there for the weekend, we stayed at the fort and every year we could sleep anywhere in the fort. primarily we would stay in the barracks, but i’ve also slept in the chapel (haunted!), the trading room, the kitchen, and one of the buildings across the way. such amazing memories!
South Buffalo here. We are on Lake Erie's eastern end, hence Erie County. Lake Ontario is great too, Fort Niagara is in Youngstown, Niagara County, NY.
Great video! I live in this area and have been going to Fort Niagara since grade school which was in the late 1950s and early 1960s. We were told that in the castle, on the 1st floor, that the room you referred to as a possible prison, was in fact a prison and next to it was the dungeon. There are names of the former prisoners etched on the walls of the prison.
Also, years ago we were told that there was a fight by the well and someone's head is down in there. I love the place too!!!
I WAS TOLD THE SAME STORY AS A KID - STILL HAVE NIGHTMARES ABOUT IT
Now, that 3rd floor looks more spookier than the 2nd floor. Weird I should say. Beautiful scenery and place.
Mary Rosary A Wood It is haunted by numerous ghosts 👻 including a headless soldier. I thing Zak from Ghost Adventures did a show.
Yeah, it looked weird.
@@samanthab1923 OMG. Never mind. Even if I'd like to go and , visit.... NO WAY JOSE. Thanks for your reply and, God bless 😇 you.
Thanks for sharing this with us cool
Cool buildings. You brought the history so alive that I could swear you were wearing a 3-pointed hat.
Thanks for sharing this. I recall visiting there about 1983.
It’s good to dream. I want to live there too. Cold in winter every fireplace lit. Love all that stone.
Love the history lesson cliff
I could live there too so "get out of my house" XX
If you like Fort Niagara, you should swing by Fort Carrillon (Fort Ticonderoga).
There's a ferry route you can take coming down from the North
@@pl5861 Nice!
Awesome! I love Amrican history and historic American buildings!
Has not changed much in 20 years sense my grade school visit... which be the point. Thanks for the vid!
Very cool thx 4 sharing
Dittos from other comments,,and kudos. what history, what beauty, what a history teacher, and a patient John. Bravo to John for hanging out on so many adventures.
Really haunted too!
Love the history vids . Interesting .
Awesome place. On a clear day one can see Toronto. . .Niagara on the lake is a nifty place to visit as well. . .great Ice wine.
A fantastic place! You really ought to consider moving in. I'm sure they won't mind.
That body of water is awesome. I have never been there, but now I have by you. The forts are very interesting. Beautiful stone in the house, yes I can move into that house to with no problem. What a beautiful building and chapel on top of that. I could not believe the thick walls. This is a great find, love every bit of it and so close to Canada. Couldn't believe it.
I am moving in too. Great place to write in. The atmosphere is awesome. Great video 👍
Very interesting place! Thanks for showing this video and history of the fort and surrounding area.
Cool, i haven't been to the fort in over 40 years....thats Toronto across Lake Ontario, the town of Niagara On The Lake is directly right across the Niagara River...Fort George is just south of the town of Niagara On The Lake
This beautiful Fort is definitely on my bucket list. By the way Cliff, that"s one heck of a camera if you can zoom into John at that great of a distance.
Your channel is starting to take off...congrats!
This is so cool! I haven't been there since the summer of 1966. I want to go back.
Something I have not gone to yet this is close to my neck of the woods
We, here in SW Ohio, just love your videos. This one is really special since we've been to Ft. Niagara Lighthouse, but not inside the fort. You're right it's a lovely location. We learned a lot from your tour. Thanks for allowing us to come along.
WOW !!!! I really enjoyed the historical video. I love any video you do on history. I am re-watching the George Washington mini series again and this just fits in. Don't move in. There aren't enough trees for the firewood. They cut them all down in 1700 to 1800's.
Thanks for the history, Cool'
Wow!!! Beautiful place, thank you for the tour. The inside of the fort was so cool, they just don't build places like that anymore. Totally enjoyed your tour!!!
Once you capture the fort and move your stuff in, I’d recommend you not kick all the parks people out. That is a lot of house and grounds to keep up.
Awesome fort and love hearing about the history. They have a fort trail here in Texas that is good too, if you ever decide to get this far south. Thanks for the info, so informative!!
A great Pennsylvanian this guy is. I love these videos.
Absolutely fantastic, thanks for taking me along. Love your new house but could be difficult to keep in warm
After Watching your video I think I've been there. Probably in one of our vacations to Canada to visit family. Parts of it looked so familiar. I'll have to ask my parents. (We visited a lot of historical places when I was growing up)
I'd move in that house too .
I love history, and that place is awesome!! Great Vlog!!
If you are ever in Minneapolis/St. Paul, you should visit Fort Snelling-they look somewhat alike.
I had visit there during a rain storm and wind storm was extremely loud
So happy that I found this video, I love history for sure Thanks you so much for sharing I will never be able to see this in person but thanks to you I get to set it on video so AMAZING!
I was there when I was a small child. Cool video!!!
Great video. Love the tour.
During the war of 1812 the New York theater of Plattsburgh was an important win for the Americans and while that was going on my ancestor on the other side of the lakes , more out West, died fighting in the war of 1812-remember the important win down in New Orleans
If you ever get to Oregon you might enjoy the Lodge at Mt Hood. It was built by the WPA. It's huge and awesome.
Room downstairs with the table, couple of chairs, and that long table-like structure with raised edging - I would guess would be for weapons cleaning and maintenance - edge would keep small parts from rolling off onto the floor. Second floor room with the desk and attached "luxury bedroom" - commanding officer's quarters. Next two bedrooms with a sitting room between - probably next tier officers. There are bunks in the armory for those keeping guard, like in the watchtower by the lake - but I believe upstairs on third floor was probably outfitted like ships-holds, where removable bunks could be stowed and cannon wheeled to the hatches. Just my guesses. Thick stone walls to stand up to possible cannon fire, lots of fireplaces - you know in Winter it gets those serious blasts of Canada air, and there's NO windbreaks between the building and the lake! OUCH! 😱 I know you like all those old stone ruins you hunt down - now you get to see one of same era that's NOT just a foundation! 👍🏽 Every time you repeated about moving in, I LMAO! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Decades ago, I accidentally discovered Fort Norfolk tucked behind manufacturing buildings south of the hospital -was really neat with all the stone bunkers for arms and powder and had the full "star" earthworks around it - defended Hampton Roads back in the day. But in recent years, parts were shaved off and made into parking for the hospital and the condos that replaced the manufacturing buildings. Sad.
WOW WOW WOW I LOVE THIS PLACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) I would love to hang out there for a few days even a week lol just to get the real feel of it all, soak it all in. WOW!
Beautiful place and super video. How many of your viewers besides myself want to move in with you there.
What was the Cross at the lake side at 7.27 ?
When I was in 5th grade elementary school this was the field trip I couldn't wait for. I remember it was a rainy Thursday and it looked like we might not go from The Grammar School in Albion, NY. Fortunately, the powers that be (Mrs. Sanford, Mrs. Titus and Mrs. Harrington) decided to take a chance. One of the main things I remember from the tour was when our "guide" told us while seeing the dungeon that in a prisoner committed suicide by ramming his head against one of the stone walls. I took a picture of the blood stained wall still visible in 1973. I still have that actual photograph and the blood stain is clearly visible in the picture to this day. Yet, I have tried every possible search tool to find documentation of this story and absolutely none can be found. I'm wondering if anyone else might recall this story or was it just a hyped myth?
I’ve spent multiple nights there. Had an epic reeanactment as well
Interesting place love the history
Nice history lesson. Looks cool!
In the fort you ask if someone important stayed there, and his potrait was just to your left which you totally blew past, irritating kind of like when you take us to a cemetery and don't give us time to read names/dates.
the city you seen in canada was toronto. i live in lewiston, ny. great videos make me proud having someone make a video on something in my back yard. great work ..
That city across L. Ontario is Toronto, because you can see the CN Tower towards the left side or west.
If yourstill in Bath you should go to Newtown battlefeild in chemung ny. There is a reactment either this week or next week. Cool place!!!! My 5th gen grandpa Stephen Savy was a fifer their. ❤❤
That's a great, old fort!
Will have to research the Coat of Arms above the door but guessing it's the Arms of the French monarchy yes I could live there too such a beautiful spot
Come on it’s Toronto Ontario
The other City seen across the lake with the tall tower, that's Toronto, the tower is the CN Tower.
Great video, I grew up there and have been going to old Fort Niagara since grade school - 50 plus years ago. Did they tell you the story of the head thrown down into the well and the headless ghost who roams the Fort looking for it?? Scared the hell out of me when I was a kid !!!
Very cool
Ummm, you moving in? See if they have any other rooms for rent 😉 That place is awesome!
I been to Old Fort Niagara
Awesome beautiful going to have to visit if im in the area again. Hope u went to Eternal Flame Falls as well i guess i’ll see in upcoming vids, if not it’s really cool, trail is rough but well worth it!!!!
Awesome place!