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    The well-known "French Castle" (but 1726) got a rude makeover during this period of its history when her steep French roof was removed to make a high elevation gun platform. Throughout the war, shots

    Early in the war, the British captured Fort Mackinac and took control of the Upper Lakes.

    June 14, 1812, off present-day Kingsville on Lake Erie. Brock, with 100 redcoats aboard HMS Queen Charlotte, hurries toward Amherstburg in advance of the attack on Fort Detroit

    Engraving

    Aquatint and etching on wove paper. Laid down on cardboard.

   

    At the time of this view of Amherstburg, during the first winter of the war, the naval base was relatively prosperous with supplies captured at the Battle of Fort Detroit. The next winter was a very

    Anyone who knows about the legendary Buffalo snowfalls must feel for those who were stationed at this post on the Niagara River. In the winter of 1812-1813, American ships were hauled up and lined on

    Queen Charlotte and General Hunter bombard Detroit from the River. The American land forces soon capitulated.

    During the American hunt for the Royal George early in the war, the U. S. Schooner Hamilton came across the tiny merchant schooner Two Brothers, on the morning of November 10, 1812, off the village o

    In this opening shot of the war on the Upper Lakes, a British boat crew demand the surrender of the supply schooner, Cuyahoga Packet, carting musicians, invalids, and official papers bound for Fort D

    In light winds, with all sail set, the flagship HMS Royal George ran for Kingston Harbour on the afternoon of November 10, 1812. Pursuing American schooners closed the distance under sweeps, but Roya

    The morning return of Britain's Lake Erie squadron in the first pat of the war. The current is quite heavy through this lower stretch of the Detroit River, so up-bound ships got a good view of the sh

    Early in the war, British control of the Detroit River enabled important exchanges between allied combatants. A fast canoe was clearly the best way to send messages.

    Soldiers with lanterns patrol Fort Erie in deep snow. Fort Erie was the site of fierce fighting later in the war.

    The crew of this American sloop must have been relieved to arrive at Fort Mackinac after their Lake Michigan voyage. Little did they know that the British had captured the fort in 1812 as one of the

    During the Battle of Queenston Heights, October 13, 1812, American gunboats crossed the Niagara River at Hamilton's Cove, but several less fortunate American boats drifted too far down the shore and

    The British squadron comprising the topsail schooner Lady Prevost, the brig General Hunter, and the corvette Queen Charlotte in company on a reconnaissance mission. The squadron held command of the L

    In its wartime shift as a British naval sloop, Little Belt takes a patrol up the Detroit River past the British fort. The small ship later tried to run from defat in the Battle of Lake Erie, but coul

    Windsor, Ontario's modern street names pay tribute to this early wharf site on the upper Detroit River; McIntosh's mansion, called "Moy Hall, became Moy Street and Hall Street. This wharf and estate