War of 1812 Encampment Returning This Weekend to Old Fort Niagara

From the September 4, 2022, Niagara Gazette (New York) by Robert  Creenan.

One of Old Fort Niagara's favorite events is returning this weekend to show visitors what life was like during the War of 1812.  There will be close to 100 re-enactors present and it is open to the public Saturday and Sunday from  10 a.m. to 5 p.m..

In addition, there will be other activities:

Lecturer   Richard V. Barbuto, Ph.D. will speak about the Battle of New Orleans at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Visitor Center auditorium.

There will be a "Hot Shot" artillery demonstration showing how cannonballs were heated and what kind of specific damage they could do to a fort or ship.

There will also be musket and other artillery firing.

There will be ongoing demonstrations of  early 19th century soldier life, including blacksmithing, silversmithing, laundry, cooking and foodways.

--Brock-Perry

The Speakers at the 'Lake Ontario and the War of 1812' Lecture

The two speakers mentioned in the previous post, Dr. Tim Abel and Dr. Ben Ford, know their stuff on the history of Lake Ontario.

Tim Abel is a local archaeologist who has spent more than a decade studying  the War of 1812.  (Hey, this War of 1812 blog started in 2012, the bicentennial of the war and is still continuing.  That would put me at a decade as well.)

He is an adjunct professor of anthropology at SUNY Canton and a practicing  consulting archaeologist whose field  experience dates back to the  early 1980s.  He will discuss a broad outline of the War of 1812 and provide a snapshot of  archaeological research done by himself and others in the past seventy years.

Ben Ford is chair of the Anthropology Department of  Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and is a historic and  maritime archaeologist who conducts research in the Great Lakes and Pennsylvania.  In addition, he is author or editor of  five books, including "The Shore Is a Bridge:  The Maritime Cultural Landscape of Lake Ontario" headlined by  Judy Levan, meteorologist-in-charge at the National Weather Service (NWS) Buffalo.

--Brock-Perry

Lake Ontario and the War of 1812 Lecture in Sackets Harbor, N.Y., This Saturday

From the April 27, 2022, NNY360 Watertown Daily Times (New York)  "Lake Ontario lecture series continues April 30 with 'Lake Ontario and the War of 1812'

The third installment of the Lake Ontario lecture series will take place Saturday, April 30 at the Sackets Harbor Ballroom in the Village of Sackets Harbor, New York.

"Lake Ontario and the War of 1812" will feature  Dr. Tim Abel and Dr. Ben Ford and will focus on the importance of Lake Ontario in the conflict.  Topics will include  an overview of the war in northern New York and the role of naval power in the conflict.

The lecture will be in-person or virtual.

This is organized by the local Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary established to help the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association  (NOAA) in guiding a proposed  national marine sanctuary (NMS) through the designation process.

The proposed Lake Ontario NMS would encompass  more than 1,700 square miles in eastern Lake Ontario to protect and showcase dozens of shipwrecks and other significant underwater assets.  The NOAA announced its intention to designate the marine sanctuary in April 2019 and in mid 2021, released  draft documents related to the proposed sanctuary.

Great Idea.  --Brock-Perry