Queenston
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Queenston is a compact rural community and unincorporated place 5 kilometres north of Niagara Falls in the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. It is bordered by Highway 405 to the south and
Queenston, 1921
"Queenstown, Upper Canada on the Niagara, by Edward Walsh, circa 1803-1807
Laura Secord Homestead, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, c. 1803
Mckenzie Printery, c. 1824
Laura Secord
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Laura Secord was a Canadian woman involved in the War of 1812. She is known for having walked 20 miles out of American-occupied territory in 1813 to warn British forces of an impending American attack
Queenston
…moment in Canada's history. A great deal of fighting occurred here during the War of 1812, in the settlement and at nearby Fort George. In that era, Laura Secord lived in this area. Rebel William Lyon Mackenzie lived in Queenston in the 1820s and operated his publishing operation here. On 13 October 1812, American…
Secord in 1865
Secord warns British commander James FitzGibbon of an impending American attack at Beaver Dams. (Lorne Kidd Smith, c. 1920)
Secord was promised a position at Brock's Monument, but the position was given to another woman. (1840 painting by Philip John Bainbrigge)
Statue of Laura Secord at the Valiants Memorial in Ottawa