Fort Erie, Ontario
Fort Erie is a town on the Niagara River in Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada. It is directly across the river from Buffalo, New York, and is the site of Old Fort Erie which played a prominent role in the War of 1812.
Fort Erie
Fort-Érié (French) | |
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| Town of Fort Erie | |
Fort Erie | |
Fort Erie Fort Erie | |
| Coordinates: 42°55′N 79°01′W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Regional Municipality | Niagara |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Wayne H. Redekop |
| • Governing body | Fort Erie Town Council |
| • MP | Tony Baldinelli |
| • MPP | Wayne Gates |
| Area | |
| • Land | 166.27 km2 (64.20 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 30,710 |
| • Density | 184.7/km2 (478/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Forward Sortation Area | |
| Area code(s) | 905, 289, 365, and 742 |
| Highways | Queen Elizabeth Way Highway 3 |
| Website | www.forterie.ca |
Fort Erie is one of Niagara's fastest growing communities, and has experienced a high level of residential and commercial development in the past few years. Garrison Road (Niagara Regional Road 3) is the town's commercial corridor, stretching east to west through Fort Erie.
Fort Erie is also home to other commercial core areas (Bridgeburg, Ridgeway, Stevensville and Crystal Beach) as a result of the 1970 amalgamation of Bertie Township and the village of Crystal Beach with Fort Erie.
Crystal Beach Park occupied waterfront land at Crystal Beach, Ontario, from 1888 until the park's closure in 1989. The beach is part of Fort Erie.