Or points north: On Lake Champlain both Point au Fer [New York] and Dutchman's Point [formerly New York, now Vermont] were garrisoned by the British until April 1796.

 

 

 

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Not just points to the west. Also Oswego and Oswegatchie (Ogdensburg) in New York.

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This is a good point.

We tend to forget that the British hung on to various points along the Great Lakes for quite some time after they were supposed to give these points to the new United States per the Treaty of Paris -1783. I believe that Fort Niagara & some of the points to the west were returned as a result of Jay's Treaty - 1795, during the Washington administration.

 

David

 

David Roberts

Hollywood, MD

 

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The British did not abandon Fort Niagara (New York Provence/State) until 1796. It was the military base from which the majority of raids into the Mohawk Valley originated from.

 

R. Miner