Hull's Landing 1812

Photo by Alan L Brown - September 4, 2004

Plaque Location

The County of Essex
The City of Windsor
On the north side of Riverside Drive East at the first traffic lights west of Walker Road

Plaque Text

On July 4, 1812, Brigadier-General William Hull, commander of the North Western Army of the United States, landed with about 2,000 men near this site. He issued a proclamation stating that he came here to liberate Canada from oppression. The British garrison at Amherstburg was too weak to oppose the invasion, but it later fought several skirmishes at the River Canard. On July 26, British reinforcements under Colonel Henry Proctor arrived and, on August 7-8, Hull withdrew to Detroit, leaving a small garrison near Sandwich which retired on August 11, at the approach of Major-General Isaac Brock.

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