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Tag Archives: British
1812 – Part 16: Aftermath — Fort Henry
It’s the Aftermath of the War of 1812. In 1832 the British are still concerned that the Americans might return to attack Upper Canada. … Continue reading
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Tagged Americans, bagpipes, barracks, British, bugle, casemates, discipline, do den tap toe, drill, drums, Dry moat, England, Fort Henry, Garrison, Great Lakes, Kingston, lock stock and barrel, Martello Towers, military school room, Naval base, Naval dockyard, Officer’s Quarters, parade grounds, paymaster, re-enactors, Rideau Canal, soldiers, St. Lawrence River, Tattoo, tourism, UNESCO, Upper Canada, War of 1812, Welsh Fusiliers, Welsh goat mascot
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1812 – Part 14: Discovery Harbour and Penetanguishene
Even though the Treaty of Ghent had been signed at the conclusion of the War of 1812, the British were still concerned that … Continue reading
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Tagged Admiralty Longboat, Americans, British, British Naval Base, Canada, Discovery Harbour, documentary, Drummond Island, French, Fur Traders, Genealogy, history, Insect Fleet, James Keating, John Graves Simcoe, Metis, Natives, Ontario, Penetanguishene Museum and Archives, Provincial Marine, Rev George Hallan, Rush-Baggot Agreement, St. James on the Lines, Surveyor Henry Bayfield, Upper Great Lakes, voyageurs, War of 1812
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1812: Part 13 – The Final Days of War at Fort Erie
For six weeks in the late summer of 1814 Fort Erie has the unenviable distinction of becoming Canada’s bloodiest battlefield.
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Tagged American, battlefield, black powder, British, Buffalo, Canada, Chippawa, First Nations, Fort Erie, Hudson's Bay Company, Light Infantry, militia, Niagara, nurses, Ontario, Surgeons, traders, War of 1812, wives
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1812 – Part 12: The Siege of Fort Erie
Re-enactors portray the wives, nurses, surgeons, soldiers, suttlers, natives and officers who participated in the Siege of Fort Erie and tell some of the … Continue reading
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Tagged American, battlefield, British, Buffalo, Canada, Chippawa, First Nations, Fort Erie, Hudson's Bay Company, light infrantry, militia, Niagara, Ontario, traders, War of 1812, wives, women
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1812 – Part 8: The British Retreat and the Death of Tecumseh
Following the loss of the British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie it was decided to destroy everything that could be of use … Continue reading
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Tagged American troops, Amherstburg, Arnold’s Mill, Battle of the Thames, British, Chatham, Detroit River, Essex County, First Nations, Indian Confederation, Lemuel Sherman’s farm, London, McCrae Homestead, Ontario, Proctor, Royal Scots Grenadiers, Tecumseh, Thames River, Thamesville
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1812 – Part 5: Rebuilding Fort York
After the Battle of York, the Americans destroyed the Fort, the Governor’s House and the Parliament Buildings. They then decided that the town of … Continue reading
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Tagged Americans, archaeology, architecture, artifacts, Battle of York, British, documentary, English china, Garrison Common, Garrison Creek, Governor's House, heritage, history, John Graves Simcoe, Lake Ontario, Parliament Buildings, pottery, The Armouries, Toronto, Upper Canada, War of 1812, York
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Dominica, the Caribbean Nature Island
Christopher Columbus famously described the island’s topography by crumpling a piece of paper. Visitors will be enchanted by dense jungle greenery, wildflowers, rainforests, historic … Continue reading
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Tagged British, Cabrits National Park, Carib Indians, Caribbean, Christopher Columbus, coral reef, creole music, diving, Dominica, Fort Shirley, French, gardens, hiking, jingping band, mineral pools, Morne Trois, nature, outdoors, Papilotte, rainforest, Teetu gorge, tourism, wilderness
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Akko: The Underground Crusader Capital
Eliezer Stern is excited – he’s just discovered the toilets. Any traveller who has been confined to a mini-van for two hours knows the … Continue reading
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Tagged Acre, Akko, Arabs, archaeology, Austrian, Bahaullah, Baha’i Centre, bazaar, British, Christianity, Convent, coppersmith, Crusader Capital, Egyptians, Exodus, Haifa, iconography, Israel, Jerusalem, Knights Hospitallers, Mamelukes, Mediterranean, Monastery, Mosque, Muslims, nargilla, Old Acre Development Company, Order of St. John, Ottomans, Phoenicians, Pisan Quarter, Richard the Lionheart, Romans, spices, Synagogue, Syria, toilets, Turkish, Turkish coffee, Underground Crusader City, UNESCO
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1812 – Part 1: The War begins
War is announced – but in 1812 civility reigns. The British officers are entertaining their American counterparts at Fort George and so war will not start … Continue reading
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Tagged black militia, British, canon, First Nations, Fort George, Isaac Brock, military, militia, muskets, Niagara, outdoors, re-enactments, tourism, Upper Canada, War of 1812
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