One of the seminal moments in pre-Confederation Canadian history took place on this date in 1812. The Battle of Queenston Heights, when American invaders were repulsed by British, Canadian militia and the Crown’s Indigenous allies, took place near Niagara Falls. While our side was victorious, the hero that was Sir Isaac Brock was killed in the fighting. Still Upper Canada was saved, and U.S. forces were forced to retreat back across the border.
You can read more about the battle courtesy of the good folks at Historica Canada at this link: https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/battle-of-queenston-heights
Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.