Directory of National Historic Sites Resources

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Parks Canada is responsible for Canada's program of historical commemoration, which recognizes nationally significant places, persons, and events. Many historical places are restored and made available to the public as National Historic Sites.

Resources in This Category

• Battle of the Windmill National Historic Site

  http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/on/windmill/index.aspx
  The site of a failed invasion; 1838. Located in Prescott.

• Bellevue House National Historic Site

  http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/on/bellevue/index.aspx
  An important Italianate villa, home of Sir John A. Macdonald.

• Bethune Memorial House National Historic Site

  http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/on/bethune/index.aspx
  The birthplace of the renowned Canadian doctor, Norman Bethune.

• Bois Blanc Island Lighthouse National Historic Site

  http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/on/boisblanc/index.aspx
  A round stone light tower; 1837.

• Butler's Barracks National Historic Site

  http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/on/fortgeorge/natcul/natcul2d.aspx
  A complex representing 150 years of military history.

• Fort George National Historic Site

  http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/on/fortgeorge/index.aspx
  A reconstructed British fort from the War of 1812 in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.

• Fort George NHS - Friends of Fort George

  http://www.friendsoffortgeorge.ca/
  Non-profit association which supports Parks Canada in the protection, preservation, development, and interpretation of National Historic Sites in the Niagara area.

• Fort Malden National Historic Site

  http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/on/malden/index.aspx
  A 19th-century border fortification.

• Fort Mississauga National Historic Site

  http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/on/fortgeorge/natcul/natcul2b.aspx
  A 19th-century brick tower within star-shaped earthworks.

• Fort St. Joseph National Historic Site

  http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/on/stjoseph/index.aspx
  Located near Sault Ste. Marie, consists of the stabilized remains of the most westerly British frontier outpost between 1796 and 1812; active in the War of 1812.

• Fort Wellington National Historic Site

  http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/on/wellington/index.aspx
  Remains of 1813-38 fortifications.

• Inverarden House National Historic Site

  http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/on/inverarden/index.aspx
  An important 1816 Regency cottage, just east of Cornwall, Ontario, built by John McDonald of Garth.

• Laurier House

  http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/laurier-house/index-e.html
  Features an online virtual tour of Laurier House, the home of two Prime Ministers Laurier and Mackenzie King.

• Laurier House National Historic Site

  http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/on/laurier/index.aspx
  The 1878 Second Empire home of two prime ministers, Sir Wilfrid Laurier and William Lyon Mackenzie King.

• Point Clark Lighthouse National Historic Site

  http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/on/clark/index.aspx
  An 1859 "Imperial Tower" and lightkeeper's house on Lake Huron.

• Queenston Heights National Historic Site

  http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/on/queenston/index.aspx
  The site of the 1812 Battle of Queenston Heights. Includes Brock's Monument.

• Rideau Canal National Historic Site

  http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/on/rideau/index.aspx
  An operational 19th-century canal; 202 km long, with 45 locks. 27 lock stations provide varying services, including camping, picnicking, and dockage.

• Rideau Canal NHS - Friends of the Rideau

  http://www.rideaufriends.com/
  Volunteer organization dedicated to preserving and enhancing the Rideau Canal National Historic Site.

• Saint-Louis Mission National Historic Site

  http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/on/saintlouis/index_e.asp
  The site of a Huron village destroyed by the Iroquois in 1649.

• Sault Ste. Marie Canal National Historic Site

  http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/on/ssmarie/index.aspx
  An operational canal; the first electrically powered lock in the world.

• Sir John Johnson House National Historic Site

  http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/on/johnjohnson/index.aspx
  The 1780 house of the famous Loyalist.

• Southwold Earthworks National Historic Site

  http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/on/southwold/index.aspx
  The site of an Attiwandaronk village, circa 1500a.

• Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic Site

  http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/on/trentsevern/index.aspx
  An operational canal linking lakes Ontario and Huron; 386 km long, with 45 locks.

• Woodside National Historic Site

  http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/on/woodside/index.aspx
  The boyhood home of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King.

 

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