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Engagement at the Forty

Engagement at the Forty

Photos by contributor Wayne Adam - Posted June, 2009

Engagement at the Forty

 

Engagement at the Forty

Photo from Google Street View ©2010 Google - Posted December, 2010

Plaque Location

The Region of Niagara
The Town of Grimsby
On the northwest corner of Elizabeth Street and Lakeside Drive


Coordinates: N 43 12.251 W 79 33.222

Map

Plaque Text

Here at the Forty Mile Creek, on 8th June, 1813, American forces, retreating after the battle of Stoney Creek, were bombarded by a British flotilla under Sir James Lucas Yeo. Indians and groups of the 4th and 5th Regiments Lincoln Militia joined in the attack and created such confusion in the enemy ranks that they abandoned this position and retreated to Fort George.




Related Ontario plaques
Battle of Stoney Creek
Sir James Lucas Yeo 1782-1818

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