Fort Haldimand

Fort Haldimand: 1778, Jefferson County, Carleton or Buck's Island. Near Cape Vincent in the St. Lawrence River. Originally a transient stop for French fur traders it was first used militarily by St. Leger enroute to Fort Stanwix 1777. Garrisoned in 1778 the British started fortifications named initially Fort Carleton along with the Island for the previous Gov. of Ontario 1766, Maj Gen Sir Guy Carleton, but renamed Fort Haldimand for the then current Gov. of Ontario 1778, Gen Sir Frederick Haldimand. The fort was three-eights of an octagon at the top of a cliff. It included three bastions for four guns each, ditches 5 by 24 feet, magazines and barracks. The fort was never completed and construction stopped in 1783. Was the principal British naval base on Lake Ontario. Despite the Jay Treaty of 1794, the British did not leave. At the start of the War of 1812, CPT Hubbard captured the fort on June 1812. The Americans destroyed and abandoned the fort. www.1000islands.com/thecape/thecape.htm

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