From the May 20, 2012, Simcoe.com The Barrie Advance, Ontario, Canada.
St. Joseph's Catholic High School is excavating a site at Fort Willow using a $8500 federal grant. Fort Willow was a supply depot on the Nine Mile Portage. Troops stationed there helped the British retain control of Michilimackinac and the Northwest.
They have been doing the excavating since 2005 and students have unearthed over 20,000 artifacts which can be seen at the Simcoe County Museum.
The Royal Newfoundland Regiment arrived in the spring of 1814 after an epic march from Kingston with the goal of resupplying the garrison at Fort Michilimackinac. They felled trees and built 30 batteaux, rowed down the Nottawasaga River and across Lake Huron, a trip of 360 miles and arrived without the loss of any of the supplies.
Getting Young Folks Involved. A Good Thing. --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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