More than 800 Royal Marines, British regulars and French prisoners, who volunteered to serve with the British, landed on the mainland, west of Craney Island, and moved east along the beach.

On the morning of January 8, 10,000 British troops attacked Chalmette, just outside of New Orleans. In 30 minutes, they were shot into oblivion by Jackson’s ragtag army.

Led by author and naturalist Roger Fulton, the group kayaked along the creek route on the St. Lawrence River where American and British forces fought during the War of 1812.