This memorial honours Lieutenant-Colonel Robert McDouall, Glengarry Light Infantry. He built the flotilla of boats with which he effected the relief of the British garrison at Fort Michilimackinac, in May 1814. He then organized a second expedition which, on July 19, 1814, captured Prairie du Chien, on the Mississippi.
Minesing, Ontario
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At the forks of the Nottawasaga River, Lt.-Col. Robert
McDouall, Glengarry Light Infantry, built the flotilla of boats
with which he effected the relief of the British garrison at Fort
Michilimackinac, in May 1814. He then organized a second
expedition which, on 19th July, captured Prairie du Chien,
on the Mississippi.
À la bifurcation de la rivière Nottawasaga, le lieutenant-
colonel Robert McDouall, du Glengarry Light Infantry, a cons-
truit la flottille de navires qui lui permit de scourir la
garnison britannique du fort Michillimakinac en mai 1814.
Il organisa ensuite une deuxième expédition qui aboutit à la
prise de Prairie-du-Chien sur le Mississipi le 19 juillet.
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
Commission des lieux et monuments hitoriques du Canada.
Government of Canada -19??- Gouvernement du Canada
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Lieutenat-Colonel Robert McDouall Memorial
3871 ON-26
Minesing
Ontario
Lieutenat-Colonel Robert McDouall Memorial
3871 ON-26
Minesing
Ontario
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 44.4507692
Long. -79.9011225
Lat. 44.4507692
Long. -79.9011225
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