Canada’s Military History, Part 2 - The War of 1812 – Enemy at the Gates

 Military History. Part 2- The War of 1812 – Enemy at the Gates

A future United States President noted the capture of Canada as a “mere matter of marching”. How close to the truth was he? A presentation of period letters, images and stories, Issac Brock, George Prevost and enlisted soldiers speak to us from the past.

Halton’s connection with the war of 1812, where were the roads? Trafalgar township was among the last townships facing the United States between Montréal and Detroit to be surveyed. Learn what attributes this imparted on Trafalgar township. Stand where Brock stood crossing 12 Mile Creek.

Part two of three parts of Canadas Military History 1667 -1885 – all the actions which defined us as a geographic entity.

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