Battle of Crysler's Farm 1813 Plaque

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BATTLE OF CRYSLER’S FARM 1813

In November 1813, an American army of some 8000 men,
commanded by Major-General James Wilkinson, moved down
the St. Lawrence en route to Montreal. Wilkinson was followed
and harassed by a British corps of observation consisting
of about 800 regulars, militia and Indians commanded by
Lieut.-Col Joseph Morrison. On November 11, Morrison’s force,
established in a defensive position on John Crysler’s farm,
was attacked by a contingent of the American army numbering
about 4000 men commanded by Brigadier-General J.P. Boyd.
The hard fought engagement ended with the Americans’
withdrawal from the battlefield. This reverse, combined with
the defeat of another invading army at Chateauguay on October
26, saved Canada from conquest in 1813.

Archaeological and Historic Sites Board of Ontario

(located outside the Battlefield Memorial Building)