Block House 2, Fort George National Historic Site, 51 Queen's Parade, Niagara on the Lake, ON
Excerpt from the brochure:
Blockhouse 2: For the British Army on the frontier, blockhouses were almost indispensable. These large rectangular buildings served as sturdy barracks and storehouses. A blockhouse was really a fort within a fort and became the last line of defense for the garrison. In times of peace, this blockhouse at Fort George stored supplies for the garrison or for forwarding to other forts on the upper Great Lakes. It also provided living quarters for the soldiers and their wives and children. At least six of every 100 men at Fort George were permitted to bring their families, which were fed and housed at the army’s expense. The “married quarters” consisted of a blanket hung around a bottom bunk. Children slept in a spare bunk, on the floor or wherever they could find a spot.
Food, like most aspects of a soldier’s life, was fixed by regulation. Daily rations of flour, meat, cheese in lieu of butter, peas and rice were issued. For variety, the men often pooled their resources to buy supplementary ingredients from the town merchants.
Block House 2, Fort George National Historic Site, 51 Queen's Parade, Niagara on the Lake, ON
Excerpt from the brochure:
Blockhouse 2: For the British Army on the frontier, blockhouses were almost indispensable. These large rectangular buildings served as sturdy barracks and storehouses. A blockhouse was really a fort within a fort and became the last line of defense for the garrison. In times of peace, this blockhouse at Fort George stored supplies for the garrison or for forwarding to other forts on the upper Great Lakes. It also provided living quarters for the soldiers and their wives and children. At least six of every 100 men at Fort George were permitted to bring their families, which were fed and housed at the army’s expense. The “married quarters” consisted of a blanket hung around a bottom bunk. Children slept in a spare bunk, on the floor or wherever they could find a spot.
Food, like most aspects of a soldier’s life, was fixed by regulation. Daily rations of flour, meat, cheese in lieu of butter, peas and rice were issued. For variety, the men often pooled their resources to buy supplementary ingredients from the town merchants.