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Directions to Fort George
Fort George is located in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, just across the Niagara River from Fort Niagara in Youngstown, New York.
Follow the QEW for about 98 km to Exit 47 for Ontario St toward County Rd-42. Turn left at Ontario St; continue onto Lakeshore Rd. (Rt. 87) and follow Lakeshore into Niagara-on-the-Lake. Once in town, you'll be on Mary Street. Follow Mary St. until you come to a T intersection with King Street. Turn left on King, and follow it about four blocks up to Picton Street. Turn right on Picton. After you cross Wellington it becomes Queen's Parade; the registration area will be in the Fort's parking lot, at the second entrance to your left after you cross Wellington.
Follow the New York State Thruway west to Buffalo, then take I-290 north towards Niagara Falls. Exit at I-190 N and enter Canada. Continue west on the 405 to the Stanley Ave exit toward County Rd-102/Niagara Falls. Turn right at Townline Rd, then left at Portage. At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit onto Niagara Pkwy and continue onto Niagara River Blvd. Follow Niagara River Blvd. about 1.5 miles - Niagara River Blvd. branches to the right and Queen's Parade continues straight ahead. Keep going straight on Queen's Parade. Registration is in the Fort's parking area, the first driveway to your right after the junction with Niagara Pkwy.
A sketch map including pointers to some of the closer business establishments may be downloaded here.
This summer, the shortest crossing times seem to be at FORT ERIE, located on I-190 in downtown Buffalo. Most Mapquest directions send drivers across at Lewiston, which is the closest bridge to the Fort George site. HOWEVER, Lewiston has the longest waiting time of any border crossing, and the 20 miles you drive out of your way at highway speeds to get to I-190/Fort Erie will be quickly repaid. Fort Erie has 2 to 3 times as many crossing booths, and in addition, has a full time staff of veteran Customs and Immigration officers who know the rules and the law, whereas, to be frank, Lewiston sometimes has summer help who can cost you unnecessary delays due to ignorance.
All of the border crossings will be warned repeatedly about the event and reminded of the laws on flintlocks and black powder. All US particpants are reminded that they need a passport or equivalent and that most hassles experienced by reenactors are re–entering the US. We'll try to make it possible for you to burn ALL your powder…
An information letter to assist you with border crossing may be downloaded here. This letter contains a description of the event and gives a contact number for the sponsor should your officer need to have any questions answered.
If you have any questions about border crossings or anything else, see the information provided elsewhere in this site, or you can contact the event coordinators or Fort George.