Fort Erie
| Fort Erie | |
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| Town (lower-tier) | |
| Town of Fort Erie | |
The Peace Bridge between Fort Erie and Buffalo.
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 Location of Fort Erie within Niagara Region |
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 Fort Erie
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| Coordinates: 42°55′N 79°01′W / 42.917°N 79.017°WCoordinates: 42°55′N 79°01′W / 42.917°N 79.017°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Ontario
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| Regional Municipality | Niagara |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Wayne H. Redekop |
| • MP | Rob Nicholson |
| • MPP | Wayne Gates |
| Area | |
| • Land | 166.24 km2 (64.19 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 29,960 |
| • Density | 180.2/km2 (467/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Postal code span | L2A, L0S- 1B0, 1N0, 1S0 |
| Area code(s) | 905, 289, 365 |
| Highways |
 Queen Elizabeth Way Highway 3
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| Website | www.town.forterie.ca |
Fort Erie is a town on the Niagara River in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada. It is directly across the river from Buffalo, New York.
Fort Erie is one of Niagara's fastest growing communities, and has experienced a high level of residential and commercial development in the past few years. Garrison Road (Niagara Regional Road 3) is the town's commercial corridor, stretching east to west through Fort Erie.
Fort Erie is also home to other commercial core areas (Bridgeburg, Ridgeway, Stevensville and Crystal Beach) as a result of the 1970 amalgamation of Bertie Township and the village of Crystal Beach with Fort Erie.
Fort Erie is generally flat, but there are low sand hills, varying in height from 2 to 15 metres, along the shore of Lake Erie, and a limestone ridge extends from Point Abino to near Miller's Creek, giving Ridgeway its name. The soil is shallow, with a clay subsoil.
The town's beaches on Lake Erie, most notably Erie Beach, Crystal Beach and Bay Beach, are considered the best in the area and draw many weekend visitors from the Toronto and Buffalo areas. While summers are enjoyable, winters can occasionally be fierce, with many snowstorms, whiteouts and winds whipping off Lake Erie.
In addition to the primary urban core of Fort Erie, the town also contains the neighbourhoods of Black Creek, Bridgeburg/NorthEnd/Victoria, Crescent Park, Crystal Beach, Point Abino, Ridgeway, Snyder, and Stevensville. Smaller and historical neighbourhoods include Amigari Downs, Bay Beach, Buffalo Heights, Douglastown, Edgewood Park, Erie Beach, Garrison Village, Mulgrave, Oakhill Forest, Ridgemount, Ridgewood, Rose Hill Estates, Thunder Bay, Walden, Wavecrest and Waverly Beach.
Erie Beach is a designated place in Canadian census data; it had a population of 199 in 2006.
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