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Location: Niagara Parkway, Niagara Falls
Emplacement : Niagara Parkway, Niagara Falls
Coordinates · Coordonnées: 43.044104, -79.017565
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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Navy Island

The British used Navy Island from 1761 to 1764 as a shipyard in which to build the first British decked vessels to sail the upper lakes. These were essential in maintaining the supply lines westward during Pontiac’s uprising, 1763-4. Thereafter the island remained undisturbed until 14 December 1837 when William Lyon Mackenzie, after being defeated at Toronto, led a “Patriot” army from Buffalo to occupy it. Swift reaction by local militia and British regulars prevented his moving to the mainland and on 14 January 1838, facing a hopeless situation, he abandoned the island.

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Île-Navy

De 1761 à 1764, l’île Navy servit de chantier pour la construction des premiers navires pontés anglais qui devaient maintenir dans la zone supérieure des Grands Lacs les lignes de ravitaillement vers l’ouest pendant la révolte de Pontiac. Rien ne vint troubler le calme de l’île avant que William Lyon Mackenzie, défait à Toronto, n’y menât ses patriotes de Buffalo, le 14 décembre 1837. Les réguliers britanniques et la milice bloquèrent aussitôt l’île; le 14 janvier 1838, le chef des rebelles, jugeant la situation désespérée, quittait les lieux.