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Civic Organizations
City of Ogdensburg -
http://www.ogdensburg.org/
Ogdensburg Chamber of Commerce -
http://www.ogdensburgny.com/
St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce -
http://northcountryguide.com/slc-chamber/
Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority -
http://www.ogdensport.com
Online Resources
Official War of 1812 Bicentennial WebsiteJune 18, 1812, President James Madison and the United States Congress declared war on Great Britain. Battles raged across the continent from the Great Lakes to Louisiana for more than two years before peace was negotiated.
http://www.visit1812.com/
New York Independence Trail
The trail from Fort Chambly, Quebec, to Staten Island provides a self-guided tour of more than 40 of the most important sites of the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars, from restored forts and government buildings to lesser-known sites.
http://www.independencetrail.org
New York State Seaway Trail
The trail is a 454-mile scenic route paralleling Lake Erie, the Niagara River, Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. Explore the unique “Museum Without Walls.” Brown & white War of 1812 signs leading to 42 historic sites interpreted with unique messages.
http://www.byways.org/explore/byways/2488/
New York State Historical Area Markers
There are 139 large-format Historical Area Markers across the state. This inventory contains every marker by each region of the State.
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/services/largemarkers/areamarkersone.html
Ontario Heritage Trust Plaques
More than 1000 Heritage Trust Plaques have been erected to promote an understanding of Ontario's past by interpreting significant heritage subjects. This index allows the user to search by theme, region, and keyword to find information on all of the plaques in the province.
http://www.heritagefdn.on.ca/userfiles/HTML/nts_1_5332_1.html
Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec (French only)
Il témoigne de l'intérêt architectural, historique, archéologique, ethnologique ou esthétique des biens faisant partie du patrimoine du Québec.
http://www.patrimoine-culturel.gouv.qc.ca/RPCQ/recherche.do?methode=acceder
Local Historic Sites
These attractions are generally within a short drive of Ogdensburg.In New York:
Alexandria Bay:Boldt Castle
Boldt Castle is a reminder of a bygone era and a monument to the love of George Boldt for his wife Louise. Boldt Castle is only accessible by water. Visitors from Canada and the U.S can find transportation on a tour boat or by personal craft.
http://www.boldtcastle.com/
Hogansburg:
Akwesasne Cultural Center
The Akwesasne Museum on the St. Regis Mohawk Indian Reservation features a large collection of sweet grass baskets and photos of the people of the reservation in the early 1900s. The largest collection is the black ash splint basketry, typical of the baskets made at Akwesasne.
http://www.nc3r.org/akwlibr/
Lafargeville:
Stone Mills Museum
The agricultural museum with its cheese factory, other buildings and a large exhibit of farm machinery holds many events during the summer.
http://users.westelcom.com/stonemillsmuseum/
Madrid:
St. Lawrence Power and Equipment Museum
The museum preserves the power systems, equipment and related knowledge and skills integral to the development of the North Country. Exhibits and programs focus largely on the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries.
http://www.slpowermuseum.com/
Ogdensburg:
Frederic Remington Art Museum
The museum houses a comprehensive collection of original Remington paintings, sketches and sculptures, and personal effects and correspondence, to bring the artist and his vision to life.
http://www.fredericremington.org/page.php?s=1
Potsdam:
Potsdam Public Museum
The museum includes permanent exhibits of the Knowles Family, the history of Potsdam and examples from the Burnap College of English pottery, and porcelain and continental ceramics.
http://www.potsdampublicmuseum.org/
In Ontario:
Brockville:Brockville Museum
The museum exhibits and artifacts relate to the community's rich history, including an 1890's St. Lawrence Skiff manufactured by the Sauve Boat Works and vehicles, such as the Brockville Atlas, produced by the Canada Carriage Company.
http://www.brockvillemuseum.com/
Fulford Place
Senator George Fulford, who made his fortune from selling "Pink Pills for Pale People," constructed Fulford Place between 1899 and 1901. Marvel at the original tapestries, paintings and furnishings that made Fulford Place an ideal residence in which to entertain royalty.
http://www.heritagefdn.on.ca/userfiles/HTML/nts_1_8830_1.html
Chesterville:
Chesterville and District Heritage Centre
In 1867, a town hall for Winchester Township was erected in Chesterville. Over the years, it has been used as a church, school, police station, fire hall and since 1984 has been home to the Chesterville and District Historical Society. This heritage building houses artifacts and archives.
http://www.cornwalltourism.com/herit26.htm
Cornwall:
Cornwall Community Museum
For more than a century the "Wood House" served as a home, inn and farm. The old stone walls have been a place to live, celebrate and share with family and friends. Since 1956, the house has been a time capsule, where many of those family values still hold true.
http://www.cornwalltourism.com/herit04.htm
Historic Cornwall Jail
Built in 1834, the jail operated until 2002. The cell blocks, common areas, exercise yard and visitation area have been maintained as they were when populated by inmates. Step right into a cell to experience life behind bars - at least for a few moments.
http://www.cornwalltourism.com/herit12.htm
Ronathahonni Cultural Centre
Through artifacts and artwork, the cultural centre provides a look into the culture of the Iroquois nation. Traditional dress, dance and music are just part of the experience
http://www.cornwalltourism.com/herit14.htm
Gananoque:
Arthur Child Heritage Museum of the Thousand Islands
The Museum provides an inviting setting to reflect on the history of the area. The building is reminiscent of the original island cottages and fabulous hotels built during the Golden Era.
http://www.1000islandsheritagemuseum.com/
Iroquois:
Carman House Museum
The museum building was built around 1820 and is one of only three homes not moved during the flooding for the construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway.
http://www.cornwalltourism.com/herit02.htm
Long Sault:
Lost Villages Museum Complex
Memorabilia and photos of the six villages lost in 1958 during the flooding of the St. Lawrence Seaway make this heritage-building museum unique. In 10 buildings, the story is told through pictures, artifacts and a video presentation.
http://www.cornwalltourism.com/herit13.htm
Maitland:
Homewood Museum
Dr. Solomon Jones arrived in Augusta Township in 1784 to take up land after the American Revolution. In 1799 Jones hired Louis Brière, a Montreal mason and contractor, to build a "gentleman's residence." The Georgian-style Homewood shows a French-Canadian influence.
http://www.ripnet.com/sites/colonel_edward_jessup/UEL_Col_J/homewood_museum.html
Merrickville:
Blockhouse Museum
The museum’s collection is displayed on two floors and there are archival holdings. Built in 1832 to protect against an American invasion, this three-foot-thick stone wall structure, with a distinctive post and beam interior, is the largest blockhouse on the Rideau Canal.
http://www.biline.ca/Ottawa/content/merrickville.htm
Morrisburg:
Crysler's Farm Battlefield National Historic Site
The Battle of Crysler's Farm, fought on muddy fields along the St. Lawrence River November 11, 1813, marked the end of the most serious American attempt to conquer Canada during the War of 1812. The historic site and interpretation centre is adjacent to Upper Canada Village.
http://www.uppercanadavillage.com/CryslersFarm.htm
Upper Canada Village
Escape to the sights and sounds of an 1860s village. You'll meet friendly folk from the past as you visit more than 40 heritage buildings including mills, trades shops, farms, churches, homes, factories and a one-room schoolhouse.
http://www.parks.on.ca/village/home.htm
Prescott:
Fort Wellington
The fort recreates life in the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, stationed there in the 1840s. The blockhouse is the largest in Canada. The crowded living conditions of the blockhouse contrast with the comfort of the quarters assigned to the fort's commanding officer.
http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/on/wellington/visit/visit3_e.asp
Battle of the Windmill
On the St. Lawrence River downstream from Prescott, the 60-foot, stone windmill was the site of the Battle of the Windmill in November 1838. The battle pitting 600 British and Canadian troops and 250 Americans who came to liberate Canada from England, lasted four days.
http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/on/windmill/natcul/natcul_e.asp
Spencerville:
Spencerville Mill
The mill is restored to maintain an architectural focal point in the community and to preserve the history of the Spencerville Mill from 1811-1972 and the village of Spencerville. Emphasis is on the 1934 feed mill operation, and local businesses and trades of that era.
http://www.spencervillemill.com/
Williamstown:
Bethune-Thompson House
The settler's residence of the 1780s grew to become a distinctive structure. The house was the home of the Rev. John Bethune, the first Presbyterian Minister in Upper Canada, and later home to David Thompson, who mapped expanses of western Canada and the United States
http://www.cornwalltourism.com/herit01.htm
Nor’wester and Loyalist Museum
The Georgian-style structure, built in 1862, depicts the story of Sir John Johnson and Loyalists who settled here in 1784 after the American Revolution. The museum also contains fur-trade memorabilia from principal partners of the North West Company who settled in the area.
http://www.glen-net.ca/museums/norwesters.html
Sir John Johnson Manor House
The house was built for Sir John Johnson between 1784 and 1792. The home provided a focus for the United Empire Loyalists and later for the fur traders of the North West Company. This five-bay, Georgian-style log home, one of the oldest in Ontario, houses the Glengarry Archives.
http://www.cornwalltourism.com/herit20.htm
Other Nearby Sites
These attractions are generally within a two-hour drive of Ogdensburg.In New York:
Adams:Historical Association of South Jefferson
The 25-room house has a large variety of displays on three floors and a four-bay garage, including home, farm, marine and native artifacts.
http://hasjny.tripod.com/
Fort Drum:
10th Mountain Division & Fort Drum Collection
The museum features memorabilia from this famed Army unit, which began in 1942. The collection uses photographic murals and mannequins dressed in military apparel to depict battle scenes. Army equipment and weapons from 1812 to the present are on display.
http://www.drum.army.mil/sites/about/museum/mainpage.htm
Malone:
Wilder Homestead Museum
This museum is the childhood home of Almanzo Wilder, the "Farmer Boy" of the "Little House" books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. The site consists of 84 acres of farmland, woods, and restored/reconstructed farmhouse, barns, and outbuildings typical of a northern New York farm circa 1840-1860.
http://www.almanzowilderfarm.com/index.htm
Sackets Harbor:
Madison Barracks
This living museum of military architecture played a part in every war involving the U.S. from the War of 1812 to World War II. Occupied in 1816, the barracks were completed in 1819, intermittently garrisoned until after the Civil War and were a Hospital Post in WWI and a training post in WWII.
http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/forts/fortsM_P/madisonBarracks.htm
Pickering-Beach Museum
The museum depicts life in Sackets Harbor in the mid-19th century. The property abuts the War of 1812 Battlefield and local legend says the building was a hospital during the war.
http://www.sacketsharborny.com/pbmuseum.html
Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic Site
On the site of two War of 1812 battles, tour the furnished commandant's house (c.1860), the navy yard grounds and visit the exhibit "Life on board the Jefferson." Visitors can experience living history demonstrations Wed.-Sat. (June-Aug) and visit the War of 1812 Gallery.
www.sacketsharborbattlefield.org
Watertown:
Jefferson County Historical Society
The museum hosts a variety of exhibits relating to the history of northern New York.
http://www.jeffersoncountyhistory.org
In Ontario:
Dunvegan:Glengarry Pioneer Museum
This museum consists of seven buildings, five of which are log built between the 1840s and the 1860s. The museum's collection contains artifacts from the pioneer Scottish settlements of the Seaway Valley.
http://www.cornwalltourism.com/herit08.htm
Kingston:
Bellevue House
Bellevue House, the home of Sir John A. Macdonald Canada's first prime minister, is restored to the 1840s. Staffed by costumed interpreters, the house and gardens are kept as they would have been during his tenure. Italianate Bellevue contrasts with the Georgian architecture of Kingston houses.
http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/on/bellevue/index_e.asp
Canada's Penitentiary Museum
Visit the award-winning museum dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the history of our federal penitentiaries. The museum is housed in the former warden's residence of Canada's oldest penitentiary. It isn't just about crime and punishment.
http://www.penitentiarymuseum.ca/
Fort Henry
Built from 1832 to 1837 to replace a War-of-1812 fortification, the fort protected the naval dockyard at Point Frederick, the entrance of the Rideau Canal and the town of Kingston. Sentries guard the entrance to this 19th-century British military fortress representing garrison life in 1867.
http://www.forthenry.com/home.htm
MacLachlan Woodworking Museum
Try a traditional woodworking tool in the cabinetmaker's shop. Galleries also include "Logging and Lumbering," "Canadian Plane Makers" and an interactive "Kid's Exhibit." After your visiting the museum, this beautiful site on the St. Lawrence River offers many ways to extend your stay.
http://www.cityofkingston.ca/visitors/museums/maclachlan/planvisit.asp
Marine Museum of the Great Lakes
The holdings are extensive with in excess of 3,000 artifacts, 11,000 bibliographic titles, 40,000 ships plans, and 3,000 boxes of archival material. In addition there are over 15,000 photographs, nautical charts, paintings and drawings.
http://www.marmuseum.ca/
Military Electronics and Communications Museum
The displays, some hands-on, from the early years of military communication to the present, are more than tubes and electronics. There are many items to delight young and old, and to experience history with a touch of nostalgia.
http://www.c-and-e-museum.org/eng_foyer.html
Murney Tower
Built in 1846 as part of the defensive fortifications of Kingston, the Murney Tower is one of the finest Martello Towers in North America. The tower has three cannon used to defend the western approaches to the harbor. Three floors house 19th-century social and military artifacts.
http://www.kingstonhistoricalsociety.ca/tower.html
Pump House Steam Museum
The visitor steps back in time to an era when steam power was king. Not only does the scale of the original Osbourn-Killey and Ingliss steam-powered, fly-wheel engines amaze visitors, but the variety of smaller industrial engines delight as they help to narrate our industrial heritage.
http://www.cityofkingston.ca/visitors/museums/pumphouse.asp
Royal Military College Museum
Fort Frederick, on the campus of the Royal Military College, collects, conserves, researches and displays material relating the College history, former cadets and its site. This location, at the junction of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River, has been in active military use since 1789.
http://www.rmcc.forces.gc.ca/cam/mus/index-eng.asp
Smiths Falls:
Heritage House Museum
Through seven, furnished rooms in a classically styled Victorian home, the museum depicts the lifestyle of an upper- middle-class family between 1867 and 1875. The museum’s unique mirror-image facades, indoor brick bake oven and two-story privy are also preserved.
http://www.smithsfalls.ca/heritagehouse/index.cfm
Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario
The museum began with community efforts in 1983 to save the 1914 Smiths Falls Station built by the Canadian Northern Railway. There are more than 10,000 artifacts in the collection, including locomotives, passenger and freight cars, support equipment and more.
http://www.sfrmeo.ca/
Rideau Canal Museum
The museum is in a 19th-century stone mill complex. High-technology displays and a variety of artifacts bring to life the history of the canal during its construction from 1826 to 1831, its role through history and the lifestyle and folklore of the Rideau Waterway.
http://www.rideau-info.com/museum/
In Quebec:
Coteau-du-Lac:Coteau-du-Lac National Historic Site
The site by the St. Lawrence River played a major role in the development of river transportation. At first a portage for Aboriginal peoples, Coteau-du-Lac became a bypass for soldiers and civilians. In 1779, the lock canal constructed here was the first in North America.
http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/qc/coteaudulac/index_e.asp
Other Sites of Historic Interest
These attractions are generally more than a two-hour drive from Ogdensburg.In New York:
Crown Point:His Majesty's Fort of Crown Point
The visitor center interprets French, British, and American chapters of Crown Point's history. Fort St. Frederic, completed in 1737, was key to French control of the Champlain Valley. Demolished by the French in August 1759, the British then built His Majesty's Fort of Crown Point.
http://www.historiclakes.org/crown_pt/CrownPt.html
Fort Edward:
Rogers Island Visitors Center
The visitor centre communicates the prehistory and colonial history of Fort Edward and Washington County by interpreting Native American prehistory and the period of European contact, the colonial wars, up to and including the American War for Independence.
http://www.rogersisland.org/
Lake George:
Fort William Henry
The museum has artifacts uncovered during archaeological digs at the site and search of the lake. Guides dressed in 18th-century military uniforms explain the weapons and warfare of the period, including conducting musket and cannon firing and musket-ball moulding.
http://www.fwhmuseum.com/
Plattsburgh:
Battle of Plattsburgh Association
The association is dedicated to developing and operating a major historic site, including the Battle of Plattsburgh Interpretive Center and War of 1812 Museum by collecting, preserving and maintaining artifacts.
http://www.battleofplattsburgh.org/
Clinton County Historical Museum
The exhibit interprets the area's history from the early 1600s through paintings, maps, furniture and decorative arts. The 1814 Battle of Plattsburgh culminated a century of warfare on Lake Champlain among the French, British and the fledgling American nation.
http://clintoncountyhistorical.org/museum.html
Kent-Delord House Museum
The museum presents three generations of community leaders from 1797 to 1913. They were involved in the Battle of Plattsburgh during the War of 1812, the American Civil War, and the Women's Christian Temperance Union.
http://www.kentdelordhouse.org/
Rome:
Fort Stanwix
Discover how people endured harsh conditions along the Oneida Carrying Place. Learn how the American victory here directly contributed to the British defeat at Saratoga in 1777. Follow in the paths of the people who made history in the Mohawk Valley during the American Revolution.
http://www.nps.gov/fost/
Ticonderoga:
Fort Ticonderoga
The fort is more than a restored fortress. Your visit will include rich and varied offerings; costumed interpreters, 30-minute guided tours, a world class museum, daily musket demonstrations, and self-guided tours.
http://www.fort-ticonderoga.org/
In Quebec:
Chambly:Fort Chambly National Historic Site
At the foot of the Chambly Rapids, on the banks of the Richelieu River, the fort dates from 1711. This imposing stone structure draws inspiration from the French fortifications designed by Vauban and stands as an invaluable witness to the French presence in North America.
http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/qc/fortchambly/index_e.asp
Howick:
Battle of the Châteauguay National Historic Site
October 26, 1813, Canadian troops commanded by Charles-Michel de Salaberry won an important victory over the invading American forces led by General Wade Hampton. The Battle of the Châteauguay National Historic Site commemorates the roles played by the combatants.
http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/qc/chateauguay/index_e.asp
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