Ontario's Historical Plaques

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The War of 1812 Plaques (sorted by date)

Includes plaques from my other site, torontoplaques.com.
(C) indicates a page that includes comments written by visitors to this site.


June 1812

War declared June 18, 1812 (Wikipedia article)

July 1812

Hull's Landing 1812
The Francois Baby House
War of 1812 (C)
The Capture of Detroit
Skirmishes at the Canard River
Fort St. Joseph (C)

August 1812

Colonel Matthew Elliott (C)

September 1812

Colonel Joel Stone 1749-1833 (C)
Raid on Gananoque 1812
Gananoque

October 1812

Colored Corps 1812-1815 (C)
Vrooman's Battery
The Battle of Queenston Heights (C)
Major-General Sir Isaac Brock, K.B., 1769-1812 (C)
Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe 1763-1851

November 1812

Escape of the Royal George 1812 (C)
Point Frederick
Frenchman's Creek

December 1812


January 1813


February 1813

Fort Wellington
Forsyth's Raid 1813
Capture of Ogdensburg 1813

March 1813


April 1813


Battle of York 1813 (C)
Colonel James Givins (C)
Defence of York

May 1813

Battle of Fort George
Fort George

June 1813

Sir John Harvey 1778-1852 (C)
Battle of Stoney Creek (C)
Engagement at the Forty
Laura Secord (C)
Beaver Dams

July 1813

Raid on Fort Schlosser 1813 (C)
Action at Butler's Farm
Second Invasion of York 1813
Gibraltar Point

August 1813


September 1813

Amherstburg Navy Yard
Burlington Races 1813

October 1813

Tecumseh 1768-1813 (C)
Fairfield on the Thames

November 1813

Battle of Crysler's Farm (C)
Nanticoke

December 1813

Burlington Heights 1813-1814 (C)
Skirmish at McCrae's House
Capture of Fort Niagara 1813 (C)

January 1814


February 1814


March 1814

Battle Hill

April 1814


May 1814

Campbell's Raid 1814

June 1814


July 1814

James Keating c.1786-1849
The Battle of Chippawa
The Burning of St. Davids 1814 (C)
Glengarry Landing
Bloody Assize 1814 (C)
Battle of Lundy's Lane
Sir Gordon Drummond 1771-1854 (C)

August 1814

Capture of the Ohio and Somers
The Nancy

September 1814

The Tigress and Scorpion

October 1814

Battle of Cook's Mills (C)

November 1814

The Battle of Malcolm's Mills 1814 (C)

December 1814

War ended December 24, 1814 (Wikipedia article)





Other plaques that mention the War of 1812 but not a specific month

Ahyouwaeghs John Brant 1794-1832
Chimney Island (Bridge Island)
Ebenezer Allan 1752-1813 (C)
The Field House
Fort Amherstburg (Fort Malden) (C)
Fort Chippawa, 1791 (C)
Fort Erie
Fort Henry
Fort York
The Founding of Chippawa
The Glengarry Fencibles
Holland's Landing Depot (C)
Kingston Navy Yard
Lieutenant-Colonel William Caldwell
The Long Point Settlement
McFarland House 1800
Nine Mile Portage
The North West Company Post (C)
Point Frederick Buildings
The Rush-Bagot Agreement (C)
Schooner Town
The Six Nations
Turkey Point (C)
Willow Creek Depot