The Battle of Queenston Heights
The village below you and the heights on which you are standing were the stage for the famous Battle of Queenston Heights.
It took place during the Anglo-American conflict 1812-1815 known as . . . — — Map (db m282134) HM
If you go to the lookout behind the Laura Secord monument you will see (across the river and slightly to your right) the area where a huge American force assembled for the invasion of Canada.
In the early hours of October 13, . . . — — Map (db m282127) HM
An unguarded trail up this steep cliff was the only route which the Americans had to the heights of Queenston. The trail was to your right but does not exist any longer.
Trapped on the river shore by unrelenting gunfire, the . . . — — Map (db m282129) HM
On the river banks below here, the Americans were trapped. To the right the Americans scaled the river cliff and seized the Heights above. To the left the British held the Village of Queenston. A British 18-pounder cannon situated here within an . . . — — Map (db m282130) HM
The Niagara escarpment rises above you. The British reinforcements arriving here from Fort George, in battle dress and exhausted from a "double quick march", struggled up this slope some distance to your right.
While the . . . — — Map (db m282132) HM
On the plateau before you, the British and Americans met for battle. The British formed a line to your right, the Americans were on your left.
General Sheaffe formed a British counter offensive force of 900 men in a line shoulder . . . — — Map (db m282121) HM
