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Fort Erie

noun

  1. a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Erie, at the beginning of the Niagara River, next to Buffalo, N.Y.


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The first was to argue in Fort Erie, Ontario, that the United States won the war of 1812.

The American general found his force so much weakened, that he deemed it prudent again to occupy Fort Erie.

The ordinary postage on a letter from Amherstburg to fort Erie by land would be tenpence.

From fort Erie to Niagara the postage would have been fourpence, which was the rate Heriot proposed to charge.

It now became the dauntless Drummond's aim to expel the enemy from Fort Erie.

A stage coach made three round trips weekly between Niagara and Fort Erie.

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