A few hiccups as we are spending 1 - 4 - 2 nights at this State Park on Lake Ontario.
First challenge was caused by me by not realizing I booked us a site, a beautiful large and shaded site without POWER. Well that was a bit of a shock on my part as we do like having power during summer temps. For one, power lets us run both A/C’s and our induction stove, but so will our Generator. This however was also a tad challenging as this park came with certain time restrictions for generator use. 9 am to 11 am and 5 pm to 9 pm. Our worry hence was keeping Lucy cool for the pups during the day.
A solution came when the park offered us an emergency spot 374 with power available for 4 nights. This sounded great and it was but it wasn’t 50 amp that Lucy requires but 30 amp. Turns out the park had a reducer we could use and we just run parts of our electrical things, as in running one A/C instead of two. Turning everything off when running the dryer etc etc.
Then Ron had ordered some Amazon items that became delayed and we realized we needed more time here. So off to me trying to book two more nights. Again, only boondock option were available so we picked a site 313 as our original site 347 was taken. Right after I confirmed and payed for this site, another site with power became available 272. Now since we were in a 48 hour window it messed everything up. I had to cancel 313 with a loss to book 272. But we were still okay as the emergency site never charged us more then the boondock site.
So three moves in one week at one campground. Nothing out of the ordinary when dealing with State Parks.
Now however on to the important part, the actual Four Mile Creek State Park. It is a beautiful campground that comes with cool benefits. You get free entry into the Fort Niagara State Park which is stunning. You also get free parking on Goat Island with your park pass at Niagara Falls. The park itself has spacious sites and large old trees. It has one small beach access to Lake Ontario and it played a critical role in the French Indian War (1756-1763). Yes the war officially started in 1754 when France and England were competing heavily for territory in the new world.
The years 1758-1759 saw English mount many attacks against French strongholds, one of the most important of these was Fort Niagara. Late in the afternoon of July 6, 1759, General Prideaux with 2,400 British regulars and Provincial troops, and Sir William Johnson with 650 Iroquois warriors, put to shore on the mouth of four mile creek. This small inlet, named “Le Petite Maria’s”, which means “The Little Marsh” was the perfect place from which to lay siege to Fort Niagara, being only four miles to the east of the Fort. The gravel bar at the creeks mouth was good protection for the bay it created, and the densely wooded, high embankments provided good vantage points.
The British dug a series of trenches for their canons and the siege of Fort Niagara had begun.
Eighteen days later, with no relief forces arriving, Captain Pouchot surrendered the 600 men garrison at Fort Niagara and the war would be at a turning point.
All in all this is a stunningly beautiful area and full of history. I love our time here.
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