** Base for British troops, Loyalist Rangers and Iroquois during the American Revolution.
** Canada's bloodiest field of battle with over 3,000 troops killed and wounded during the Siege of Fort Erie August 3 to September 26, 1814.
** The major crossing point into Canada of the Underground Railroad 1793-1865.
** Occupied by the Fenians (Irish Republican Army) during their largest raid in 1866.
** Visited by Pontiac, General Isaac Brock, General Winfield Scott, Lord and Lady Simcoe, Prince Edward *(future King Edward VII) and Mark Twain.
** The new visitor center opened July 1, 2011.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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