Raid on Gananoque 1812
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On September 21, 1812, a United States force of some 200 regulars and militia under Capt. Benjamin Forsyth attacked Gananoque. The village was an important forwarding point for supplies moving up the St. Lawrence from Montreal to Kingston and was garrisoned by a detachment of the 2nd Leeds Militia under Col. Joel Stone. After a spirited resistance, Stone withdrew his force comprising two subalterns and about forty soldiers, and the Americans seized the stores and burned the government depot. As a result of this raid, a blockhouse was begun in Gananoque the following month and completed in 1813.
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The United Counties of Leeds & Grenville
The Town of Gananoque
On the south side of King Street
just east of the Gananoque River bridge
Also recorded for this place: Gananoque
N 44 19.656 W 76 09.872
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June 1, 2012
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