From the October 4, 2015, Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre.
Ken Cassavoy is the 2015 recipient of the Saugeen Shores Municipal Heritage Conservation Award for his work unearthing the HMS General Hunter on the shore of Southampton Beach, just north of Morpeth Street.
He directed hundreds of volunteers as they removed sand that had covered the ship since he had foundered onto the beach in 1816. The work on the General Hunter began in 2004, but the ship's name was not known until awhile later.
The British/Canadian ship was captained by George Bignell and fought in six major battles before being captured by the Americans at the Battle of Lake Erie in September 1813.
--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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