JULY 23-26, 1814: CAPTAIN ARTHUR SINCLAIR'S RAID UP THE ST. MARY'S RIVER
The raid on St. Mary's River (Sault St. Marie), Upper Canada, was a part of the American expedition for mastery of the upper Great Lakes.
After burning the abandoned Fort St. Joseph, Captain Sinclair sent a flotilla of boats of boats loaded with sailors and infantry up the St. Mary's River where they torched the North West Company trading post and storehouses, vital assets in the British fur trading infrastructure.
They also destroyed the locks of the Sault Ste. Marie Canal built in 1798 by the company to allow freight canoes to bypass the falls. Sinclair's men also captured and burned the company's schooner Perseverance, one of the few British vessels on the upper Great Lakes.
--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.
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How the War of 1812 Turned St. Joseph Island Into a Ghost Town
From the June 6, 2012, Sault (Can) Star by Michael Purvis.
Sandra Rousseau wrote a 100-page book based on the writings of officers stationed at Fort St. Joseph.
These mentioned the mandatory migration of St. Joseph Island residents early in the war in an effort to hold recently captured Mackinack Island and to protect the Sault Ste. Marie, which played a vital role in the fur trade.
If Mackinack was lost to the Americans, they could then easily capture Sault Ste. Marie which would have extreme recourse to the important Canadian fur-trade.
Many of the residents ended up on Drummond Island which became a part of the United States after the war. By 1828, 75 families from St. Joseph Island had followed the British soldiers to Penetanguishene.
War on the Frontier. --Brock-Perry
Sandra Rousseau wrote a 100-page book based on the writings of officers stationed at Fort St. Joseph.
These mentioned the mandatory migration of St. Joseph Island residents early in the war in an effort to hold recently captured Mackinack Island and to protect the Sault Ste. Marie, which played a vital role in the fur trade.
If Mackinack was lost to the Americans, they could then easily capture Sault Ste. Marie which would have extreme recourse to the important Canadian fur-trade.
Many of the residents ended up on Drummond Island which became a part of the United States after the war. By 1828, 75 families from St. Joseph Island had followed the British soldiers to Penetanguishene.
War on the Frontier. --Brock-Perry
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