Rindlisbacher Marine Art

    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

    The steamboats FRONTENAC and ONTARIO pass at the mouth of the Niagara River during the first season of steamboat operations on the Great Lakes.

    Like the Nancy, the last hours of this hard-working ship were not pleasant as she tried to claw her way off the Lake Huron shore in 1816, worn out with a damaged main mast. Her crew ran her ashore at

    In the early stages of the Battle of Lake Erie, General Hunter was stationed between the larger Queen Charlotte and the Detroit, shown here on the extreme left and right. The time is before 2:00 p.m.

    British gunboats manoeuvring against American vessels in combat on the St. Lawrence. The foreground gunboat is similar to the only intact gunboat wreck remaining today, the Radcliffe, currently on ex

    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

    Pre-war view of the schooners Lord Nelson (foreground) and Diana (distant) emerging from mouth of the Niagara River. Neither ship survived the war, capsizing together in an 1813 storm, after being re

    The new British flagship the St. Lawrence is striking on October 23, 1814 in the late afternoon sunlight with HMS Netley as a dark contrast in the foreground. Other visible ships are Princess Charlot

    The American forces at Erie, Pennsylvania, suffered from cold, hunger, disease, and boredom the winter following their victory in the Battle of Lake Erie.

    A view of the late 1814 British squadron underway on Lake Ontario. The ship-of-the-line St. Lawrence leads, followed by Prince Regent, Star, Princess Charlotte, Montreal, Toronto, Niagara, and Netley