From the July 20, 2012, Amherstburg (Can) Echo "Essex County council renames County Road 20 bridge after War of 1812 figures" by Ron Giofu.
The bridge is now called the "Hancock and Dean 1812 bridge to Nationhood" after earlier rejecting "War of 1812 Commemorative Bridge" as being too generic.
James Hancock and John Dean were two British sentries guarding the wooden bridge at the site when the Skirmishes at the Canard River took place July 16, 1812, generally considered the first action of the war when American forces invaded Canada.
The accounts of the skirmish vary.
I looked up pictures of the bridge and am not sure the one I have is of the bridge as it appears today. If it is, this is a really beautiful Marsh Rainbow bridge, like the one on Route 66 in Kansas and is well preserved.
Either Way, Nice Bridge. --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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