Sir John Harvey 1778-1852

Photo by Alan L Brown - April 22, 2004

Plaque Location

The City of Hamilton
Just inside the gates on the driveway leading to the parking lot for Dundurn Castle and Park at the intersection of York Boulevard and Dundurn Street North

Plaque Text

From these heights, John Harvey set out with about 700 men on the night of June 5, 1813, to launch a surprise attack on an invading United States force of some 3,000 men camped at Stoney Creek. His rout of the troops commanded by Brigadier-General John Chandler under cover of darkness in the early hours of June 6, is generally credited with saving Upper Canada from being overrun by the enemy. Harvey was knighted in 1834, served as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick 1834-41, Governor of Newfoundland, 1841-46, and Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, 1846-51.

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