Plan of the Forts Ontario & Oswego. River Onondago. New York. GENTS MAG 1757 map

Plan of the Forts Ontario & Oswego. River Onondago. New York. GENTS MAG 1757 map[Plan of the Forts Ontario and Oswego, with part of the River Onondago and Lake Ontario] Fort Oswego was an 18th century trading post in the Great Lakes region in North America, which became the site of a battle between French and British forces in 1756 during the French and Indian War. The fort was established in 1727 on the orders of New York governor William Burnet. The log palisade fort established a British presence on the Great Lakes. In 1756