Place Type: Historic Site

Battle of Cook’s Mills Battlefield & Memorial Peace Garden

A self-guided heritage trail and memorial peace garden in Welland marking the Battle of Cook’s Mills, the last land engagement between British…
McFarland House

One of the oldest surviving buildings in Niagara, this Georgian brick home predates the War of 1812 and served as a military…
Willowbank

A grand 1830s Greek Revival estate in Queenston, now a National Historic Site and home to Canada’s leading school of heritage conservation…
Chippawa Battlefield

A preserved 300-acre battlefield along the Niagara River where American and British armies clashed on July 5, 1814, in the opening engagement…
Queenston Heights & Brock’s Monument

Perched atop the Niagara Escarpment, this historic park marks the site of the October 1812 Battle of Queenston Heights and is crowned…
Battle of Beaverdams Park

A leafy heritage park in downtown Thorold that commemorates the 1813 Battle of Beaver Dams, home to a historic memorial cairn, a…
Brock’s Monument / Queenston Heights National Historic Site

A towering 56-metre stone column crowning Queenston Heights, honouring Major-General Sir Isaac Brock and marking the site of the pivotal 1812 Battle…
Old Town Heritage District (Queen Street)

The beautifully preserved 19th-century main street of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Old Town, lined with independent shops, galleries, cafes, and heritage buildings within a designated…
Laura Secord Homestead

The restored Queenston cottage of War of 1812 heroine Laura Secord, now a costumed-interpreter historic house museum recounting her famous overland warning…
Niagara Parks Power Station

A meticulously restored 1905 hydroelectric station turned attraction, where visitors explore original generating equipment and descend by elevator into a tunnel that…