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OSWEGO, NY - The second annual Friends of Fort Ontario Ghost Tours of the old fort in Oswego will take place on Friday and Saturday October 27 ? 28, from 7 to 9 p.m.
Tickets cost $5 for adults and $2 for children 12 years of age and under.
Advance reservations are required due to the popularity of the program. Call 343-4711 for reservations, tickets, or more details.
Proceeds from the Ghost Tours will benefit the Friends? restoration and programming efforts at the fort.
Fort Ontario is rumored to be a hotbed of ghost activity due to its long and often violent history.
Incidents include a figure in blue uniform who wanders the grounds of the fort, music is sometimes heard within the officers? quarters from rooms with no occupants, voices rise in volume in unoccupied rooms in another officers? quarters until told to be quiet, and the ghost of George Fykes, a loyalist soldier who died at Fort Ontario in 1782, who alledgedly appeared in the parlors of young ladies in late 19th century Oswego.
Guests will tour various points around the fort, enter some areas normally off limits to the public, and learn about Fort Ontario?s real and fictional history using primary sources obtained from original documents, newspaper articles, obituaries, and more.
Refreshments will be provided and the Museum Shop will be open. It is recommended that guests bring a flashlight and wear sensible shoes or boots, warm clothing, hats, and gloves.
Fort Ontario State Historic Site is one of six historic sites and 18 parks in the central region administered by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Bernadette Castro - Commissioner.
For more information about NYS Parks visit the Website at www.nysparks.com or Fort Ontario at the Friends Website www.fortontario.com
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