After surveying the Thames, McNiff worked his way west, along the south shore of Lake St. Clair, and the Detroit River, then easterly along the north shore of Lake Erie. A few years later ...

During the War of 1812, the American ... control of lakes Ontario and Erie. As an alternative, the British began using an ancient First Nation trade route that went overland from York to the Holland ...

in honor of Oliver Hazard Perry's flag in the Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812. Here, Erie native Adam Ghering, who was fired from the FDA amid the DOGE cuts, writes that the federal ...

Americans would not attempt another invasion of their northern neighbour until their next war with Britain, in 1812. The 1812 invasion of Canada ... They surrendered at Detroit on the western edge of ...

Daniel Dobbins and Jesse Elliott, key figures in the War of 1812, apparently crossed the frozen lake in the winter of 1813-14. The first walk across Lake Erie from Erie to Canada was reported to ...

During the War of 1812, he said, American cannons were ... A curve in the river as it cuts from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie gives Windsor the geographic oddity of needing to head north from ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Born Feb. 14, 1812, Columbus has gone from a simple ... it went all the way to Lake Erie,” Michael Frush, treasurer of Columbus Landmarks Foundation and president ...

In other words, Lake Erie and the Niagara Peninsula came under the control of the victors, eliminating the possibility of an enemy invasion from that point and ensuring the safety of Ohio, ...

who famously defeated the British fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812—but that was about to change. In July 1853, the American naval commander was on the cusp of ...

This towering monument stands as a tribute to those who fought in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. Standing at 352 feet ... Visit its website for more information. Use this map to plan ...

The steel company incorporated the town of Ojibway in 1913 and bought 1,400 acres of land, but a year later, World War I shut the ... point that juts out into Lake Erie, southeast of Windsor.