Canada 1812: Forged in Fire

Though General Brock was killed leading a charge at Queenston Heights in October 1812, the British eventually won the battle, sending the Americans back across the river and making Brock into a war hero and martyr.

A life-long military man, Charles de Salaberry used a well-trained militia force, the Voltigeurs, as well as the features of the natural landscape to defeat invading Americans in Chateauguay, QC.

After learning of American plans for an attack on a British outpost, Laura Secord travelled 30 km through rough bush to warn the British troops encamped near Thorold, ON.

Though John Norton was half-Scottish, half-Cherokee, he was given a Seneca title. During the War of 1812, he lead native warriors from the Six Nations and other First Nations communities to fight on the side of the British.

Tecumseh joined the British with the hope of preventing further American encroachment into First Nations territories. When he died near the Thames River in Upper Canada, his dream of a native territory died with him.

Enos Collins was a Nova Scotia merchant, whose ship The Liverpool Packet became one of the most dreaded privateers on the Atlantic Coast, captured 50 American ships during the War of 1812.