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Le débarquement du « Glengarry »

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Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 5, 2024

2. Glengarry Landing /
Le débarquement du « Glengarry » Cairn

Looking north from Ontario Highway 26; Edenvale Conservation Area is in the background.

Major-General Robert McDouall (1774-1848) was a Scottish-born officer in the British Army who is best known for serving as the commandant of Fort Mackinac from 1814 until the end of the War of 1812. McDouall and a party of soldiers from the Royal Newfoundland Fencibles, voyageurs and craftsmen journeyed north in the depths of winter from York, the provincial capital of Upper Canada, to the Nottawasaga River near present day Edenvale, Ontario, where they constructed batteaux. When the river unfroze in the spring, they sailed and paddled the length of Georgian Bay and Lake Huron to reach Mackinac with vital supplies. McDouall took up his post as commandant and began improving the defences of the island. Shortly after his arrival, he learned that the Americans had captured the post of Prairie du Chien, threatening the allegiance of some of the Indians. He dispatched an expedition under William McKay which succeeded in recapturing Prairie du Chien, although it reduced his own strength.

Excerpt:  Formally Recognized 1923/05/25, Glengarry Landing National Historic Site of Canada is located on the east bank of the Nottawasaga River, south

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 5, 2024

3. Glengarry Landing / Le débarquement du « Glengarry » Cairn

of Edenvale in Simcoe County, Ontario. The site consists of a semi-rural landscape that was occupied during the War of 1812 by the Glengarry Light Infantry Fencibles who constructed a flotilla of boats to relieve the British garrison at Fort Michilimackinac.

Excerpt:  In February 1814, Lieutenant Colonel Robert McDouall of the Glengarry Light Infantry was ordered to re-establish communications with Mackinac and take charge of the post. McDouall's party consisted of ninety men of the Royal Newfoundland Fencibles, most of whom were accustomed to serving as marines, and eleven artillerymen with four field guns. He also brought with him twenty-one sailors of the Royal Navy and thirty carpenters to assist in constructing thirty batteaux. On 19 April, McDouall's batteaux began descending the river with the Newfoundlanders, artillerymen and sailors. He arrived at Mackinac on 18 May, carrying a large quantity of provisions for the hungry garrison and the Native allies.