{"id":506,"date":"2015-08-06T11:00:52","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T11:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/niagaracottage.com\/niagaranews\/?p=506"},"modified":"2015-07-31T20:00:28","modified_gmt":"2015-07-31T20:00:28","slug":"fort-mississauga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/niagaracottage.com\/niagaranews\/?p=506","title":{"rendered":"Fort Mississauga"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Fort Mississauga is a military constructed fortress that was built after the War of 1812. It served as a counterpoise to Fort Niagara on the American side. It is now the only remaining example, in Canada, of this type of military structor (which is a square tower with star shaped earthwork). The building overlooks the Niagara River and is surrounded by a surreal green grass golfing field. Perfect for history buffs or just for packing a picnic near an architectural masterpiece!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For more information visit: http:\/\/www.pc.gc.ca\/lhn-nhs\/on\/fortgeorge\/natcul\/natcul2a.aspx<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Written by: Kelsey Chapman<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/niagaracottage.com\/niagaranews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/fort-m.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-507\" title=\"fort m\" src=\"http:\/\/niagaracottage.com\/niagaranews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/fort-m.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"176\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fort Mississauga is a military constructed fortress that was built after the War of 1812. It served as a counterpoise to Fort Niagara on the American side. It is now the only remaining example, in Canada, of this type of &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/niagaracottage.com\/niagaranews\/?p=506\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,22,474],"tags":[664,579,887,580,662,8,180],"class_list":["post-506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-niagara-falls","category-niagara-on-the-lake-2","category-st-catharines-2","tag-for-mississauga","tag-history","tag-niagara-falls","tag-niagara-falls-history","tag-niagara-on-the-lake-history","tag-niagara-on-the-lake","tag-war-of-1812"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/niagaracottage.com\/niagaranews\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/niagaracottage.com\/niagaranews\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/niagaracottage.com\/niagaranews\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/niagaracottage.com\/niagaranews\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/niagaracottage.com\/niagaranews\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=506"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/niagaracottage.com\/niagaranews\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":509,"href":"http:\/\/niagaracottage.com\/niagaranews\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506\/revisions\/509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/niagaracottage.com\/niagaranews\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/niagaracottage.com\/niagaranews\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/niagaracottage.com\/niagaranews\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}