• Thumbnail for Battle of Queenston Heights
    of Queenston Heights was the first major battle in the War of 1812. Resulting in a British victory, it took place on 13 October 1812 near Queenston, Upper...
    50 KB (6,735 words) - 21:47, 3 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Queenston Heights
    16028; -79.05222 The Queenston Heights is a geographical feature of the Niagara Escarpment immediately above the village of Queenston, Ontario, Canada. Its...
    4 KB (294 words) - 14:04, 16 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Queenston
    east; its location at the eponymous Queenston Heights on the Niagara Escarpment led to the establishment of the Queenston Quarry in the area. Across the river...
    13 KB (927 words) - 01:17, 25 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for Laura Secord
    Queenston Heights early in the War of 1812. While he was still recovering in 1813, the Americans invaded the Niagara Peninsula, including Queenston....
    48 KB (5,467 words) - 14:14, 6 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Isaac Brock
    collaborated in person only for a few days. Brock died at the Battle of Queenston Heights, which the British won. Brock was born at St Peter Port on the Channel...
    62 KB (7,481 words) - 03:54, 17 April 2024
  • JSS the Queenston class with two ships named, HMCS Queenston and Châteauguay. Their namesakes were battles of the War of 1812, Queenston Heights and Châteauguay...
    32 KB (2,899 words) - 21:38, 25 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for John E. Wool
    States Infantry Regiment on April 14, 1812. He fought at the Battle of Queenston Heights in 1812, where he was shot through his thighs. During the battle,...
    20 KB (2,702 words) - 23:49, 9 January 2024
  • General Sir Isaac Brock during the War of 1812, dying in the Battle of Queenston Heights. He was born on 19 April 1785 in Scotland near Aberchalder and came...
    5 KB (699 words) - 23:37, 3 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Brock's Monument
    Brock's Monument is a 56-metre (185 ft) column atop Queenston Heights in Queenston, Ontario, Canada, dedicated to Major General Sir Isaac Brock, one of...
    11 KB (1,226 words) - 12:57, 10 February 2024
  • Project HMCS Queenston, a Queenston-class naval auxiliary Queenston Stakes, Canadian thoroughbred race Queenston Heights, a promontory near Queenston, Ontario...
    916 bytes (139 words) - 08:30, 26 February 2023
  • of a redoubt and battery from the War of 1812 and located within Queenston Heights. The U-shaped structure was an earthworks rather than a wood, brick...
    3 KB (163 words) - 16:57, 22 January 2023
  • Thumbnail for Niagara-on-the-Lake
    the first on the Great Lakes), Navy Hall, Butler's Barracks, and Queenston Heights. Niagara-on-the-Lake features historical plaques. Critical battles...
    36 KB (3,240 words) - 15:46, 17 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Stephen Van Rensselaer
    of 1812, but resigned his commission after defeat at the Battle of Queenston Heights. After Van Rensselaer's 1839 death, efforts by his sons to collect...
    50 KB (4,968 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
  • Militia in the war of 1812, where he was wounded at the Battle of Queenston Heights. He was married to Laura Secord from 1797 until he died in 1841. James...
    6 KB (649 words) - 19:44, 18 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Winfield Scott
    Scott served on the Canadian front, taking part in the Battle of Queenston Heights and the Battle of Fort George, and was promoted to brigadier general...
    99 KB (11,598 words) - 15:01, 25 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for William Wadsworth (officer)
    New York militia contingent in the American army at the Battle of Queenston Heights. He waived his right to command over Lieutenant Colonel Winfield Scott...
    20 KB (2,870 words) - 09:04, 20 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for Canadian units of the War of 1812
    year in peacetime. Such flank companies took part in the Battle of Queenston Heights and other actions on the Niagara peninsula. Known as Caldwell's Rangers...
    39 KB (5,276 words) - 16:50, 12 August 2023
  • was set on fire before the British could recapture it. Battle of Queenston Heights, Upper Canada (October 13, 1812): A major American defeat suffered...
    68 KB (9,788 words) - 22:12, 30 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for War of 1812
    across the Niagara River on 13 October, but they were defeated at Queenston Heights. However, Brock was killed during the battle and British leadership...
    223 KB (27,914 words) - 13:50, 8 May 2024
  • after the Girl Scouts. "The Battle Of Queenston Heights" by Mike Darow and the Chums, 1959. (Battle of Queenston Heights) "The Battle of the Waikato" by Howard...
    15 KB (1,427 words) - 17:59, 15 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Niagara River
    United States) and the American Revolutionary War. The Battle of Queenston Heights took place near the river in the War of 1812. The river was an important...
    40 KB (1,810 words) - 04:49, 15 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for The Maple Leaf Forever
    capturing Quebec in 1759 during the Seven Years' War and the Battle of Queenston Heights and Battle of Lundy's Lane during the War of 1812. In days of yore...
    11 KB (1,186 words) - 01:45, 3 March 2024
  • Elliott captures the brigs, Caledonia and Detroit 1812 Oct 13 Battle of Queenston Heights 1812 Oct 18 Capture of HMS Frolic 1812 Oct 18 HMS Poictiers captures...
    19 KB (58 words) - 12:13, 23 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for WEGO (Niagara Falls)
    Floral Clock Queenston Heights Park Mackenzie Printery Laura Secord Homestead McFarland House Fort George Campark Resorts Loop Queenston Heights Terminal...
    14 KB (1,019 words) - 15:06, 24 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for John Brant (Mohawk leader)
    Norton led native warriors to stop an American attack at the Battle of Queenston Heights in October 1812. He was made a lieutenant in the Indian Department...
    5 KB (525 words) - 03:39, 5 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Ontario
    Depiction of the Battle of Queenston Heights, during the War of 1812. Upper Canada was an active theatre of operation during the conflict....
    163 KB (13,327 words) - 01:35, 7 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for York Militia
    Detroit, the Battle of Queenston Heights, and the Battle of York. The 2nd Regiment of the York Militia fought at Detroit, Queenston Heights, and at the Battle...
    2 KB (263 words) - 18:29, 30 January 2023
  • Thumbnail for Fort George, Ontario
    forces in Fort Niagara, as a diversion for the American assault on Queenston Heights. The diversionary bombardment, in addition to another bombardment...
    40 KB (4,934 words) - 17:56, 6 December 2023
  • Whirlpool Rapids, Butterfly Conservatory, and Brock's Monument at Queenston Heights. The route ends at Fort George, southeast of the urban centre of Niagara-on-the-Lake...
    15 KB (1,512 words) - 09:47, 3 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Siege of Detroit
    Americans attacked in October near Queenston, Ontario. Brock was killed at the ensuing Battle of Queenston Heights while leading a hasty counter-attack...
    37 KB (4,042 words) - 00:37, 17 April 2024