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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OW3_sir-john-a-macdonald_Kingston-Ontario.html
John A. Macdonald, a father of Confederation and Canada's first prime minister, dominated the life of the new nation for a quarter century.Macdonald was a visionary statesman, a determined Conservative partisan, and a much-loved leader. His polici…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KPB_sir-james-lucas-yeo_Kingston-Ontario.html
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Born at Southampton, England, Yeo entered the British Navy, served throughout the Napoleonic Wars and won rapid promotion by his ability. In 1813, already a Commodore, he came to Canada to command British forces on the Great Lakes. Yeo …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KP7_pro-patria-1812-1814_Kingston-Ontario.html
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In memory of the officers and seamen of the Royal Navy and Provincial Marine, and the officers and soldiers on the Royal Marines, Royal Newfoundland, King's (8th) and 100th Regiments, who served on Lake Ontario in defence of Canada in 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KP4_fort-frederick_Kingston-Ontario.html
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With the outbreak of the War of 1812, a blockhouse was quickly constructed on Point Frederick complementary to and earlier one built on Point Henry. Both provided protection for the Kingston dockyard which was the pivotal point of the Pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KP3_point-frederick-buildings_Kingston-Ontario.html
English: This peninsula, headquarters of the Provincial Marine (c. 1790-1813), and of the Royal Navy (1813-1853), was the major British naval base on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812. Buildings surviving from this period include the Naval Hospi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KP2_point-frederick-artillery-battery_Kingston-Ontario.html
In November 1812, guns of the original fort here were fired against American ships attacking Kingston. Perhaps this attack came as retaliation for the earlier Canadian one on Sackets (sic) Harbor, but more likely American commander Chauncey felt h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KP1_point-frederick_Kingston-Ontario.html
English: A strategic location for the defence of the Loyalist settlement at Cataraqui (Kingston), this point was reserved in 1788 and named after Sir Frederick Haldimand, Governor of Quebec (1778-86). In 1790-91 a guardhouse and storehouse were bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KP0_the-stone-frigate_Kingston-Ontario.html
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Once part of a large and active naval dockyard, this substantial stone building was erected as a warehouse for naval stores. Although initially planned in 1816, it was not completed until four years later when the need for storage facil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KNM_commodores-residence-1815_Kingston-Ontario.html
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On 19 March 1813 Sir James Yeo, a brave and audacious commander earlier in the Napoleonic War, was appointed Commodore and senior officier on the Lakes of Canada. Having never commanded a Squadron before, he was instructed by the Admira…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KNL_kingston-navy-yard_Kingston-Ontario.html
English: The Navy Yard established in 1789 as a trans-shipment point for the Great Lakes and as the Provincial Marine's Lake Ontario base was administered by the Admiralty after 1813. During the War of 1812 Commodore James Yeo, R. N., commanded a …