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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOPR_the-great-sauk-trail_Amherstburg-ON.html
Part of an ancient network of Indian paths, the Great Sauk Trail, as it came to be known, extended from Rock Island in present-day Illinois to the Detroit River. It played a significant role in the communications between the native peoples in the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOP1_the-siege-of-detroit-1763_Windsor-ON.html
Shortly after the founding of Detroit in 1970 a village of Ottawa Indians was established on the south shore of the river in this vicinity and its inhabitants lived on friendly terms with the French garrison and settlers. However after the British…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN6X_simon-girty-u-e_Amherstburg-ON.html
Girty's life crossed cultural boundaries between native and white societies on the frontier of American settlement. In 1756 his family was captured by a French-led native war party in Pennsylvania. Simon was adopted by the Seneca, then repatriated…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMZV_the-tecumseh-stone_Amherstburg-ON.html
Tradition has it that the Indian leader Tecumseh stood upon this stone to deliver a final address to the British at Amherstburg after the Battle of Lake Erie. Donated in 1939, it originally stood near the corner of Dalhousie and Gore Streets. In h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMYE_fort-amherstburg-fort-malden_Amherstburg-ON.html
The post was begun by the Royal Canadian Volunteers in 1796 to replace Detroit and to maintain British influence among the western Indians. As the principal defense of the Detroit frontier in 1812, it was here that Isaac Brock gathered his forces …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMY0_skirmishes-at-the-canard-river_Amherstburg-ON.html
In the War of 1812, the first engagement in Canada involving British and American forces in significant numbers occurred here on the Canard River. On July 12, 1812, Brigadier-General William Hull invaded Canada and encamped near Sandwich. British …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMXN_the-capture-of-detroit_Windsor-ON.html
Confident of victory, General Hull had invaded Canada in July 1812, but failed to take advantage of his early success and the demoralization of the defenders. Fear of the Indians then rallying to the British cause and an inability to maintain supp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMXA_the-francois-baby-house_Windsor-ON.html
This house and adjacent farmland were the property of Fran?ois Baby (1763-1856), first member for Kent in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada (1792-96), militia officer and Assistant Quarter Master General during the War of 1812. When the Ame…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMX9_hulls-landing-1812_Windsor-ON.html
On July 4, 1812, Brigadier-General William Hull, commander of the North Western Army of the United States, landed with about 2,000 men near this site. He issued a proclamation stating that he came here to liberate Canada from oppression. The Briti…