hile
the fiercest battles in Upper Canada took place in the Niagara
Peninsula, Kingston
and the St. Lawrence region was not spared battles,
raids and alarms.
The St. Lawrence River was the key to holding or capturing Upper
Canada. All supplies moved up the river to the posts at Kingston
and beyond. To cut this line would have resulted sooner or later
in the fall of the province.
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![Map of the St. Lawrence area Map of the St. Lawrence area](pics/map_st_law_theartre_270.jpg)
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![1812 1812](pics/00_year_1812.jpg) |
- September 21, Americans raid Gananoque
destroy military depot
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![1813 1813](pics/00_year_1813.jpg) |
- February 22, Lieutenant-Colonel George
Macdonnel raids Ogdensburg, New York
- May 29, British raid on Sackets Harbor
(Lake Ontario); fail to destroy American naval base
- November 11, Battle of Chrysler's Farm,
U.S. forces repulsed, American army retreats after word
of the defeat at Châteauguay in Lower
Canada
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![1814 1814](pics/00_year_1814.jpg) |
- May 6, British capture Oswego, New
York, destroy depot
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