When you see someone sailing on Lake Ontario and they are looking at the sky, you think they are checking the wind speed or other celestial guides. They might just be on the look out for falling airplanes. That’s right, airplanes. One of the ghosts that beckon divers to the bottom of the Great Lake is named “Getaway Gertie,” which went down on Feb. 18, 1944
Fort Ontario State Historic Site will offer its popular guided ghost tours on Oct. 8, 9, and 10 from 7 to 9 p.m Located at the north end of East Fourth Street in Oswego, Fort Ontario is considered one of the 10 most haunted places in the United States by purported experts on the paranormal. […]
The annual encampment of the French and Indian War will take place at Fort Ontario State Historic Site on Aug. 29 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Aug. 30 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The sights, sounds, and smells of camp and garrison life will greet visitors as they visit camps of British, French and Native American troops and warriors who fought each other on these ground in the 1750s. […]
Tickets are still available for the Fort Ontario Ghost Investigation scheduled for Saturday, at 7 p.m. Investigators from Central New York Ghost Hunters (www.gotghosts.org) will search for evidence of paranormal activity with their specialized equipment. […]
The Harborfest Children’s Committee hosted a Children’s Gala to celebrate the festival’s cultural component – the history of Oswego. Each year, the cultural component highlights a certain country during Harborfest. This year, the focus is on “Historic Oswego.” Approximately 250 childrfen attended Tuesday’s gala […]
How many ghost stories are there connected to Fort Ontario? “More than the number of bars in Oswego,” quipped one of the organizers of this year’s ghost tours at the historic landmark. Some legendary figures, such as Lt. Basil Dunbar, killed in a duel in 1759, or Private George Fykes, who died in a 1782 fever epidemic, are rumored to appear as ghostly figures walking the ramparts of Fort Ontario and scaring army sentries and intruders. […]
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For the final paddle of the season, the Oswego County Yakkers chose a paddle on Lake Ontario from Rudy’s to the Oswego Lighthouse earlier this month.