Once inside the walls of the fort, there is a central parade ground with a number of buildings around the perimeter. The buildings included officer’s quarters, enlisted men’s barracks, a storehouse, which also served as ‘prison’ with a few sets of cells, a powder magazine and a guardhouse.
Fort Ontario has seen a number of different cannon and artillery on its location over the years. In its early life, during the French and Indian War (1754 – 1963), General Montcalm and his French and Indian allies took over the Fort Ontario location and bombarded the English who were in Fort Oswega which was located on the other side of the Oswega River.
Below the surface of the earth-covered walls, there were Casements used as fortified locations to fire on the enemy although, lacking cannons, some were never used for that purpose.
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