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A Funny Thing Happened
On The Way to Montreal
Presentation Glenn McKnight and Robert Bell,
FBSC
“Strike wherever we can reach the enemy, at sea and on land. But if we fail, let us fail like men, lash ourselves to our gallant gars, and expire together in one common struggle, fighting for free trade and seaman's rights.”Henry Clay, House Speaker, US SenateDuring the War of 1812
War of 1812 Oshawa Project
Big Picture of the War
Local Activities Impact of the War History One Demand
Table of Contents
The Project
The Project
Heritage Canada selected the Foundation for Building Sustainable Communities, FBSC to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the
War of 1812
Launch of website. mobile augmented reality videos, 10 part video series, articles and
presentations
The Aggressors 8 million Americans
Three types of soldiers, The Idealist, Opportunists and the Blood Thirsty
The Targets 80,000 settlers– 35,000 Loyalist– 25,000 Later Loyalist– 20,000 Direct British
3/4 former Americans 14,000 Militia 10,000 Natives
British Forces deeply involved in the European theatre
The Protagonists
America Divided country on the
war effort Angry over the
impressment of US Sailors into the British Navy An army of less than
12,000 A navy of 16 ships According to Pres.
Thomas Jefferson, The war was a `mere march to Montreal
Britian Britain, its former colonial
ruler, was the most powerful empire in the world, with An army of 48,000 A navy of 600 warships Preoccupied with a long
war in Europe against Napoleon 1803-1815.
Declaration of War
1812
June 18 – Declaration of WarJuly 17 – Fort MackinacAugust 15 – Fort Dearborn (Chicago)August 16 – Fort DetroitSeptember 3-6 – Western RaidsOctober 13 – Queenston Heights
1813January 22 – FrenchtownApril 27 – York (Toronto)April 28 - May 9 – Fort MeigsMay 25-27 – Fort George (Niagara)June 6 – Stoney CreekJune 24 – Beaver DamsAugust 2 – Fort Stephenson (Ohio)October 5 – ThamesOctober 26 – ChâteauguayNovember 11 – Crysler's FarmDecember 19 – Fort Niagara
1814March 4 – Battle of LongwoodsJuly 3 – Fort ErieJuly 5 – ChippawaJuly 17-20 – Prairie du ChienJuly 25 – Lundy's LaneAugust 4-5 – MichilimackinacAugust 15 – Fort ErieNovember 5 – Niagara PeninsulaDecember 24 – Treaty of Ghent
Major Battles
British 8,600 Deaths Captured Michilimackinac,
Fort Niagara and much of eastern Maine
1523 ships lost Many prisoners 25 Millon pounds to the
national debt Canada Untold personal property
loss from burning and looting of property
Human pain and suffering
Cost of the WarUS 11,600 Deaths Captured Amherstburg and
Sandwich (now Windsor $90 million dollars or 2.2% of GDP
or 1.553 Trillion The US Senate figured it would cost
another $56 million to continue the war and the US Treasury only had $15 million
1,523 US Ships seized during the war Serious financial loss to commerce
in the New England states Near bankruptcy
Local Militia Trade and Commerce Buried Treasure Attack on Oshawa Harbour US POW Camp
LOCAL STORIES
Local MilitiaJohn Kerr
First settler located at the current site of Parkwood Estate
Noadiah Woodruff, Mathew Terwelleger in the 1st Regiment York Militia, Roger ConantEbenezar RansonJohn McGregor
14,000 Provincial MilitiaAges 15 to 63 years oldLocal militiaswere training prior to the war
Paid as a substitute to become a guard in the war
Settled in Oshawa end of war buying 100 acres from proceeds of selling weekly militia rations for $40
Thomas Henry
Moode Farewell Moode Farewell's Tavern at King and Harmony Streets
Watering hole for troops, dispatch riders to and from from Kingston to York and beyond
Closed tavern at end of war
Moode Farewell
US pursuit of the paymaster's sloop the Mary Ann sailed into the Western portion of Oshawa
Ship abandoned and Americans burned ship
British sailors shirted away the payroll of $100,000 and buried and it has never been retrieved
Buried Treasure
Attack on Oshawa Harbour
US POW CAMP
US Prison Camp in Oshawa
U S Prison Camp-Fire
Impact of the War Americans
Huge financial cost Unsuccessful in campaign Formation of a professional army Licence to expand west Open season on Native lands Building of the Erie Canal Bolster US manufacturing and
cotton production
Canadians Birth of legends Forging of an identity Military experience proved to be
critical in the formation of communities
Building and completion of the Rideau Canal to bypass the St Lawrence in 1832 from US blockade
Tougher stance on US immigration and intolerance to Republican sentiments
Seeds set for the Rebellion of 1837
A February 2012 poll found that in a list of items that could be used to define Canadians' identity, the fact that Canada successfully repelled an American invasion in the War of 1812 places second (25%), only behind the fact that Canada has universal health care (53%)
Website www.1812waroshawa.com
Historical Geocaching
Augmented Reality
10 Part Video Series
Website
Video SeriesPropaganda and an American Soldier
Robbery of Local Homestead by MilitiaCompensation to local farmers
US POW CampConant`s Gold
Attack on Oshawa HarbourTecumseh
The AmputationGeneral Issac Brock
Mary Henry, The other Heroine
Augmented Reality
All five of the Geocache
locations have a short AR video viewable from a
smart phone
ThanksHeritage Canada
Foundation for Building Sustainable Communities
Oshawa Community MuseumsImperial Film Productions
Oshawa Little TheatrePickering Village
Clarington MuseumDigital Deceptions
Pictorial Oshawa, Thomas Bockley