You searched for City|State: niagara-on-the-lake, on
Page 2 of 8 — Showing results 11 to 20 of 74
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13GU_the-burning-of-st-davids-1814_Niagara-on-the-Lake-ON.html
On July 18th, 1814, during the final American campaign on the Niagara frontier, Major-General Peter B. Porter sent a detachment of militia from the United States encampment at Queenston to attack St. Davids. This force, commanded by Lieutenant-Col…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13FB_headquarters-of-derottenberg_Niagara-on-the-Lake-ON.html
HeadquartersofDeRottenberg1812
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12F2_the-field-house_Niagara-on-the-Lake-ON.html
One of the oldest brick houses in Ontario, this handsome Georgian structure was built about 1800. Originally a farm house, it was the home of Gilbert Field (1765-1815), a United Empire Loyalist who was in possesion of the land by 1790. During the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12DH_fort-drummond_Niagara-on-the-Lake-ON.html
[English Text]: Fort Drummond
This small redoubt, or square fortification, and the U-shaped advance battery, named in honour of Sir Gordon Drummond, were built in the late spring of 1814 to defend the main portage road from Chippawa to Queenst…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11KM_4-the-counter-offensive-takes-shape_Niagara-on-the-Lake-ON.html
The Niagara escarpment rises above you. The British reinforcements arriving here from Fort George, in battle dress and exhausted from a "double quick march", struggled up this slope some distance to your right.
While the Americans controlled Qu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM118H_site-of-redan-battery_Niagara-on-the-Lake-ON.html
Near this spot Lieut-Col. John MacDonnell Attorney General of Upper Canada was mortally wounded 13th October 1812.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM118A_3-the-capture-of-the-redan-and-the-death-of-brock_Niagara-on-the-Lake-ON.html
On the river banks below here, the Americans were trapped. To the right the Americans scaled the river cliff and seized the Heights above. To the left the British held the Village of Queenston. A British 18-pounder cannon situated here within an e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1189_2-the-treacherous-river-cliff_Niagara-on-the-Lake-ON.html
"An unguarded trail up this steep cliff was the only route which the Americans had to the heights of Queenston. The trail was to your right but does not exist any longer. Trapped on the river shore by unrelenting gunfire, the Americans contemplate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1188_1-attack_Niagara-on-the-Lake-ON.html
If you go to the lookout behind the Laura Secord monument you will see across the river and slightly to your right the area where a huge American force assembled for the invasion of Canada. In the early hours of October 13, 1812, six hundred Ameri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1187_5-the-decisive-battle_Niagara-on-the-Lake-ON.html
On the plateau before you, the British and Americans met for battle. The British formed a line to your right, the Americans to your left. General Sheaffe formed a British counter-offensive force of nine hundred men in a line shoulder to shoulder. …