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Battle of Beaver Dams, the Glossary

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Battle of Ball's Farm

The Battle of Ball's Farm took place on July 8, 1813, during The War of 1812. Battle of Beaver Dams and Battle of Ball's Farm are battles of the War of 1812.

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The Battle of Fort George was fought during the War of 1812, in which the Americans defeated a British force and captured Fort George in Upper Canada. Battle of Beaver Dams and Battle of Fort George are battles in 1813 and battles of the War of 1812.

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Battle of Queenston Heights

The Battle of Queenston Heights was the first major battle in the War of 1812. Battle of Beaver Dams and battle of Queenston Heights are battles of the War of 1812, battles on the Niagara Frontier and military history of Ontario.

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Battle of Stoney Creek

The Battle of Stoney Creek was a British victory over an American force fought on 6 June 1813, during the War of 1812 near what is now Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada. Battle of Beaver Dams and Battle of Stoney Creek are battles in 1813, battles of the War of 1812, battles on the Niagara Frontier, June 1813 events, military history of Ontario, national Historic Sites in Ontario and war of 1812 National Historic Sites of Canada.

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Brock University

Brock University is a public research university in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.

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Burlington Heights (Ontario)

Burlington Heights refers to a promontory or area of flat land sitting elevated (at about) above the west end of Hamilton Harbour in the city of Hamilton, Ontario which continues as a peninsula to the north toward the city of Burlington, Ontario. Battle of Beaver Dams and Burlington Heights (Ontario) are national Historic Sites in Ontario.

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Canadian Regiment of Fencible Infantry

The Canadian Regiment of Fencible Infantry, commonly known as the Canadian Regiment or the Canadian Fencibles, saw service in Upper and Lower Canada during the early 19th century, notably during the Anglo-American War of 1812.

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DeCew House

DeCew House (variably spelt DeCow, Du Coo or DeCou) was built c.1808 in Thorold Township, Upper Canada.

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Dominique Ducharme

Dominique Ducharme (15 May 1765 – 3 August 1853), from Lachine, Quebec, was a French Canadian fur trader, settler, militia officer, and public servant.

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Dragoon

Dragoons were originally a class of mounted infantry, who used horses for mobility, but dismounted to fight on foot.

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Fort George, Ontario

Fort George was a military fortification in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. Battle of Beaver Dams and fort George, Ontario are national Historic Sites in Ontario and war of 1812 National Historic Sites of Canada.

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Indigenous peoples in Canada

Indigenous peoples in Canada (Peuples autochtones au Canada, also known as Aboriginals) are the Indigenous peoples within the boundaries of Canada.

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James FitzGibbon

James FitzGibbon (16 November 1780 – 10 December 1863) was a public servant, prominent freemason of the masonic lodge from 1822 to 1826 (holding the highest position in Upper Canada of deputy provincial grand master), member of the Family Compact, and an Irish soldier in the British Army in Europe before and in the Canadas during the War of 1812 who received messages of warning from two Canadian folk heroes: Laura Secord (Ingersoll) and Billy Green.

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John Norton (Mohawk chief)

John Norton (Teyoninhokarawen) (born 1770, Scotland (?) – died 1827, Upper Canada) was a Mohawk chief, Indian Department interpreter and a school master.

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John Parker Boyd

John Parker Boyd (December 21, 1764 – October 4, 1830) was an officer in the United States Army at various periods from 1786 to the end of the War of 1812.

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Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America.

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Laura Secord

Laura Secord (13 September 1775 – 17 October 1868) was a Canadian woman involved in the War of 1812.

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Laura Secord Legacy Trail

Laura Secord Legacy Trail is a 32-kilometer (20 mile) trail as a monument to Laura Secord's journey and legacy. Battle of Beaver Dams and Laura Secord Legacy Trail are Canada in the War of 1812 and national Historic Sites in Ontario.

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Matthew Elliott (loyalist)

Matthew Elliott (– May 7, 1814) was an Irish-born merchant, farmer and military officer.

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Militia

A militia is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional or part-time soldiers; citizens of a country, or subjects of a state, who may perform military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of regular, full-time military personnel; or, historically, to members of a warrior-nobility class (e.g.

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Mohawk people

The Kanien'kehá:ka ("People of the flint"; commonly known in English as Mohawk people) are in the easternmost section of the Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois Confederacy.

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National Historic Sites of Canada

National Historic Sites of Canada (Lieux historiques nationaux du Canada) are places that have been designated by the federal Minister of the Environment on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada (HSMBC), as being of national historic significance.

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Niagara Peninsula

The Niagara Peninsula is an area of land lying between the southwestern shore of Lake Ontario and the northeastern shore of Lake Erie, in Ontario, Canada.

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Odawa

The Odawa (also Ottawa or Odaawaa) are an Indigenous American people who primarily inhabit land in the Eastern Woodlands region, now in jurisdictions of the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada.

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Queenston

Queenston is a compact rural community and unincorporated place north of Niagara Falls in the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.

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Thorold

Thorold is a city in Ontario, Canada, located on the Niagara Escarpment.

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Thorold Tunnel

The Thorold Tunnel is an underwater tunnel in Thorold, Ontario, Canada carrying Highway 58 underneath the Welland Canal.

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Trans Canada Trail

The Trans Canada Trail, officially named The Great Trail between September 2016 and June 2021, is a cross-Canada system of greenways, waterways, and roadways that stretches from the Atlantic to the Pacific to the Arctic oceans.

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state in Northwestern Europe that was established by the union in 1801 of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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War of 1812

The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in North America. Battle of Beaver Dams and war of 1812 are Canada in the War of 1812.

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Welland Canal

The Welland Canal is a ship canal in Ontario, Canada, and part of the St. Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes Waterway.

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William Hamilton Merritt

William Hamilton Merritt (July 3, 1793July 5, 1862) was a businessman and politician in the Niagara Peninsula of Upper Canada in the early 19th century.

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William Johnson Kerr

William Johnson Kerr (1787 – April 23, 1845) was a political figure in Upper Canada.

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13th Infantry Regiment (United States)

The 13th Infantry Regiment ("First at Vicksburg") is a United States Army infantry regiment whose battalions are currently tasked as basic training battalions.

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The 49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1743.

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The 8th (King's) Regiment of Foot, also referred to in short as the 8th Foot and the King's, was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1685 and retitled the King's (Liverpool Regiment) on 1 July 1881.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Beaver_Dams

Also known as Battle of Beaver Dam, Battle of beaverdams.

Battle of Beaver Dams, the Glossary

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See also

Battles on the Niagara Frontier

Canada in the War of 1812

June 1813 events

War of 1812 National Historic Sites of Canada

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