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Fort Wellington

The first Fort Wellington was erected on this site during the War of 1812 to shelter British regular troops and Canadian militia defending the vital St. Lawrence River transportation route. In February 1813 those soldiers crossed the ice to capture Ogdensburg, N. Y. When rebellion threatened Upper Canada in 1838 the fort was in ruins. Construction had scarcely begun on the present fort in November 1838 when a band of Canadian rebels and American sympathizers attached, they were defeated nearby at the Battle of the Windmill by troops assembled at this fort.

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Fort Wellington

Érigé ici, en 1812 pour defendre la voie stratégique de Sainte-Laurent, le premier fort Wellington logea des troupes régulièrses britanniques et des milices canadiennes. Traversant le fleuve gele, cette petite armée s’empara d’Ogdensburg (N.Y.), en fevrier 1813. Quand les troubles de 1838 menacerent le Haut-Canada, le fort tombait en ruines. La construction du fort actuel de commencer quand, en novembre 1838, un groupe de rebelles et de partisans américains attaquérent le forces réunies au fort leur infligèrent la défaite à la bataille du Windmill.

Location: King Street East Highway 2, Prescott
Emplacement : rue King Est, Prescott
Coordinates · Coordonnées: 44.713030, -75.510327
Source: Parks Canada – Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada commemorative plaques (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)
Licence · Permission: Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
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