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1764. FORT ERIE:
1764
On Aug.14th.,
Montressor build,
Bradstreet named the post he had
Col.
garrisoned by Col.John Warren and
was a wharf,
nearby were
a
of
number
twenty military
military warehouse,
private and a
a
which was
Besides the fort,
FORT ERIE.
as
men,
there
and clustered
small homes of the senior military men,
and business men in the trading and shipping of goods.
1795.
permission to build
William Dunbar was given
the
grist mill on
a
riverfront by the foot of Erie and Walnut streets.
moved to this site,
number of the villagers
to the Ferry landing by the
A
as it was closer
This area
foot of Bertie St.
for
a time was known unofficially as Fort Erie Mills and Fort Erie
Rapids.
1816.
After the end of the
ment by the old
fort,
given to
very little remained of the
except for the homes of
Almost all
men and smugglers.
the site of
war,
the mill; and
of
it in 1816.
1873 .
With plans well underway in 1870
International Railway Bridge,
of land near the
large tracts
boarding houses,
in honor of
the
AMI GARI:
With the
a
Stephen Jarvis of Toronto bought
projected site.As work got underÂ
well as
The new village
Jarvis.
setteled back to
much
opening
of
the bridge,and the new appro ch to it from
for the Canadian Southern;
there sprung up another
name was given to honor Mr.
Bunting the
brought the first post office to the
ities mistook the
n
for
ir,
thus
AMIGARI
called Ami._,ari.
member of parliament
village.
the name of his hometown in Ireland Amige:..;n,
•
lost what hustle
quieter community.
hamlet at the west end of town,by Gilmore Rd.
who
school
called Victoria
was
Fort Erie,
a
a
(Irish Row)
the west made
The
1857.
the building of the
'•
Queen by Mr.
and bustle it had
for
July 13th.,
on
stores and tavers as
and church were erected.
1878.
moved to
the official name of Waterloo was
The village of FORT ERIE was incorporated
,
few military
the population had
1857.
way
a
settleÂ
•
however
It
,
was
to be
the authorÂ
����1894.
INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE:
In June the county council passed
•
International Bridge.
the
a
by - law
c reatin g
Objection was raised to this
ch oice by
people of Amigari and by the r a ilw ay companies.
In Dec.
an other bi-law was passed to name the place Riverton,however
this was quashed by objections from the so l i cit o r s
brought
William M.German
G.T.R.
the
1895.
Many
name,
of the
•
townsfolk still object e d to the rather u nwi e lding
and when the village
John T.
the
Parliament,
matter up in
and the na me International Bri dge was confirmed
for
was
enlarged t o include Amigari
James the Reeve suggested Bridgeburg,
and it
,
was
accepted.
1916.
1931.
Bridgeburg o f fici a lly became
Bridgeburg and Fort Erie
There were three
•
post
a
town.
1'"'
I
I
�
�
�
officially merged Dec.31st.,
offices:
Fort Eri e North ( formerly
West( F ormerly
Bridgeburg ) :
Fort Erie
which serves
the r e s i d e n t s
1931.
Amigari )
and Fort Erie,
of the old village of Fort Erie •
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