Ontario's Historical Plaques

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Battle of Stoney Creek 1813

Photo by Alan L Brown - June, 2004

Location

The City of Hamilton
On the west side of Battlefield House in Battlefield Park at the south-east corner of King Street and Centennial Parkway

Text

On June 5, 1813, an invading United States army of about 3,000 men, commanded by Brigadier-General John Chandler, camped in this vicinity. That evening some 700 British regulars of the 8th and 49th Regiments, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel John Harvey, left their encampment on Burlington Heights to attack the enemy. The assault was launched early the following morning under cover of darkness. In the fierce fighting which followed, heavy losses were suffered on both sides, but the Americans were defeated and withdrew after their senior officers, Brigadier-Generals Chandler and Winder, were captured. This victory is credited with preventing Upper Canada from being overrun in 1813.

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Posted June 11, 2009
cool, My class and I went there last Friday. There were stations where we could do stuff they did in 1812. We even got to see the canon shoot and pretend to be soldiers on the battlefield! :P I t was awesome!!!

Posted May 28, 2008
Yo I live almost right beside the battle field park and check out the reinactment of the battle of stoney creek sometime in june or july

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