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Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: After 1815, the trend to fighting in a more European fashion in North America favoured the United States over Britain. The huge American population could produce vast numbers of militia and volunteers, and these would be most useful in a war fought out in the open.
Site: National Defence
 
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: The budgets for the new fortifications built at Quebec, Kingston and Halifax between 1820 and 1848 were huge - both in terms of money and years of labour. Unfortunately, all of these projects took far longer to build and were many times more expensive than was planned.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Fort Chambly
 
Type: Image
Online Reference Books
Description: The third fort on this site, construction began on Fort Chambly in 1709. It was made of stone and looked rather like a castle. This made it different from the low-lying, bastioned fortresses of Europe. The fort was built to be impressive and all but impregnable to Indian enemies and raiding American colonials. The fort wall facing the Richelieu River was pierced for artillery. During the War of 1812, Fort Chambly was the HQ for British and Canadian troops guarding the area south of Montreal against an advance by American armies. The complex fell into ruins during the 19th century. Its walls were stabilized in 1885 when it was made a Canadian government historic park. Recognized as a unique surviving example of military architecture, Fort Chambly was given a major restoration in the 1980s by Parks Canada. This returned the fort to its appearance of the mid-18th century.
Site: National Defence
 
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: War in the Pacific Northwest centred around the canoe, which could be up to 20 metres long. Flotillas of canoes would attack enemy villages, hoping to capture prisoners to keep as slaves. Coastal forts of cedar logs were to be found, used to help control and tax maritime trade.
Site: National Defence
 
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: The peoples of the Pacific coast were formidable fighters during the 18th and 19th centuries. Their warriors used bows and javelins, carried clubs and bone-bladed daggers, and could wear wooden armour. They preferred a mass assault, but treachery during 'friendly' meetings were not rare.
Site: National Defence
 
 
Type: Document
Description: After the war ended in 1814, St. Andrews Blockhouse continued to be used as a barracks by the Royal Artillery.
Site: Parks Canada
 
 
Type: Document
Description: reason for national historic significance.
Site: Parks Canada
 
 
Type: Document
Description: The site at Coteau-du-Lac represented a major point of transit for British military logistics efforts. Between 1781 and 1814, the army developed large-scale infrastructures on the site, which testify to the importance the colonial authorities attached to improving and protecting transportation and communications along the route linking Montréal and Kingston.
Site: Parks Canada
 
 
Type: Document
Description: In 1812, the serious economic stakes of this embargo pushed the Americans to declare war against Great Britain. Although most battles took place in Upper Canada, the capture of Montréal remained a prime objective of the Americans, whose strategy rested on a two-pronged invasion via the Richelieu and the St. Lawrence Rivers. Coteau-du-Lac played a major role in defending the St. Lawrence and the border area.
Site: Parks Canada
 
 
Type: Document
Description: Blockhouses were a common type of defense structure used throughout colonial North America
Site: Parks Canada
 
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