Fort Amherstburg (Fort Malden)
Text from the plaque
The post was begun by the Royal Canadian Volunteers in 1796 to replace Detroit and to maintain British influence among the western Indians. As the principal defense of the Detroit frontier in 1812, it was here that Isaac Brock gathered his forces for the attack on Detroit. The next year with supply lines cut and control of Lake Erie lost to the Americans, the British could not hold the fort, which they evacuated and burned. Partially rebuilt by the invading Americans, it was returned on 1 July 1815 to the British, who maintained a frontier garrison here until 1851.
Transcribed from the marker, not summarised.
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The County of Essex
The Town of Amherstburg
At the entrance to Fort Malden National Historic Site
on Laird Avenue South near Elm Avenue
N 42 06.481 W 83 06.740
Recorded June 2009. Check current access before visiting.
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