Canada 1812: Forged in Fire

Though General Brock was killed leading a charge at Queenston Heights in October 1812, the British eventually won the battle, sending the Americans back across the river and making Brock into a war hero and martyr.

A life-long military man, Charles de Salaberry used a well-trained militia force, the Voltigeurs, as well as the features of the natural landscape to defeat invading Americans in Chateauguay, QC.

After learning of American plans for an attack on a British outpost, Laura Secord travelled 30 km through rough bush to warn the British troops encamped near Thorold, ON.