Close enough to the US that you could swim there, the town’s location on the banks of the Niagara River also made it a key site during the American War of Independence and an essential link in the chain of safe houses used by enslaved people to find their freedom. The Parkway ends at the lawns where British troops built Fort George to counter US expansion after the American War of Independence, although it was mostly destroyed during the War of 1812. With the US just across the river, Niagara-on-the-Lake was a terminus on the Underground Railroad in the 19th century.
Author: @NatGeoTravel
Published at: 2026-01-29 00:00:00
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