Fort George is located in Niagara on the lake right on the Niagara river as it spits out into lake Ontario and acted as a defence for the city of York which is now Toronto. Every year in the first week of September scouts from Ontario and scouts from new york state all drive to Fort George to have a war of 1812 battle re enactment. The fort was built to stop a possible invasion from the united states in 1812 and to monitor trade routes coming into York. The yearly re-enactments that the scouts put on are truly remarkable thousands of scouts on each side battle it out with hand made cap gun muskets. Some groups such as mine had hand built cannons (they did not fire anything) we used a potato cannon filled with hairspray to shoot out a sock. There are sometimes were professionals do the reenacting with real muskets with real gunpowder and real cannons (obviously without bullets or cannon balls) that happens once a year in October. The fort was all but destroyed in the 1800`s form constant bombardment from the American fort called fort Niagara that you can literally  see across the river. That coupled with naval bombardment and troop invasion destroyed the fort.  Parks Canada restored the fort in 1930 back to its former glory. Fort George is definitely a stop to make if you're in the Niagara on the lake area.