Fort Oswego

Fort Oswego (HM1FBL)

Location: Oswego, NY 13126 Oswego County
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Country: United States of America
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N 43° 27.703', W 76° 30.858'

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This is the site of the former Fort Oswego, a "stone house of strength," built by the British in 1727 to protect their fur-trading interests on the Great Lakes. Strengthened by the addition of outer walls and blockhouses around 1742, Fort Oswego was nonetheless vulnerable to artillery fire from higher elevations.



In 1755-56 the British built Fort George on the hill west of Fort Oswego and Fort Ontario on the bluff across the harbor. Lightly armed, poorly supplied, and surrounded by hostile Indians, all three forts and their garrisons of around 1700 British and provincial troops, tradesmen, women, and children fell to a larger French army with Canadian and Indian Allies under Major General Louis-Joseph, Marquis de Montcalm, in August 1756.
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Date Added Wednesday, October 15th, 2014 at 1:33am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 377499 N 4813203
Decimal Degrees43.46171667, -76.51430000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 43° 27.703', W 76° 30.858'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds43° 27' 42.18" N, 76° 30' 51.48" W
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Area Code(s)315
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 29 W 1st St, Oswego NY 13126, US
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