Fort George, Niagara on the Lake, Battle 1813

Fort George is a beautifully reconstructed Fort which was destroyed by the American Army in 1813 (War of 1812) where an overwhelming force of more than  1500 american soldiers supported by two war ships and a Fort of their own took on a small garrison of 140 persons....

Today I visited Queenston Heights

Today I visited Queenston Heights, a location about 20 miles east of Nigara Falls, on the border with New York State.  This location was the site of one of the most important battle in the early days of the War of 1812.  it is on that site, a cold October of 1812 that...