The Fortifications of Île Aux Noix
The Fortifications of Île Aux Noix

Author: André Charbonneau

Publisher: National Historic Sites, Parks Canada

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13:

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Given the various phases in the development of Ile aux Noix's defensive role, this document has adopted a chronological division for the order of chapters. Thus, roughly speaking, the first three coincide with the main conflicts in which Ile aux Noix played a preponderant role: the Seven Years' War, the American War of Independence and the War of 1812. The three following chapters are more particularly concerned with Fort Lennox, which in a way was the end point of the island's defensive installations. After an assessment of the defensive situation which led to the construction of the fort, a complete chapter is devoted to its detailed technical analysis. Thus, space is given to the technical assessment of the fortification, and the implications for its defensive role are given particular attention. Chapter six analyses the last occasions on which thought was given to Ile aux Noix's defensive purpose and the modifications that this thinking produced.

Early Fortification Ditches at Ile-aux-Noix, Quebec
Early Fortification Ditches at Ile-aux-Noix, Quebec

Author: Roger T. Grange

Publisher:

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13:

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This report describes the 1966 excavations in early French and British fortification ditches at Fort Lennox National Historic Park, Saint-Paul-de-l'Ile-aux-Noix, Quebec. These fortifications were built in 1759 and used until 1819 when they were destroyed to make way for Fort Lennox. Associated artifacts recovered from the ditches and their fill deposits are analysed to provide achaeological dating and to correlate the earthworks with historical maps and other documentation. Ceramic formula dating is utilized in an effort to date the strata in the ditch fill deposits. The location of some early French features on the island is established through archaeological data.

Guidebook to the Historic Sites of the War of 1812
Guidebook to the Historic Sites of the War of 1812

Author: Gilbert Collins

Publisher: Dundurn

Published: 2006-05-01

Total Pages: 395

ISBN-13: 1459712439

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There have been guidebooks to military sites before, but no other book has covered the War of 1812 in its entirety. This well-illustrated updated edition covers more than 400 historic sites of the War of 1812, both well-known and obscure, in both Canada and the United States. The author has used old pen and ink drawings from the last century to give a "then and now" feel to the book. Curious to know what is at the site of the Battle of Queenston Heights? Besides giving readers a detailed history of the events that occurred at the sites, the author describes what they have to offer visitors today, be it a historical plaque, historic house, or major interpretive centre. This book is a handy tool for both travellers and historians. It remains the only book on the market offering a comprehensive guide to nearly all of the sites in our last war with the United States.

The Encyclopedia of the War of 1812 [3 volumes]
The Encyclopedia of the War of 1812 [3 volumes]

Author: Spencer C. Tucker

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2012-04-25

Total Pages: 1109

ISBN-13: 1851099573

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This work is the most comprehensive reference work on the War of 1812 yet published, offering a multidisciplinary treatment of course, causes, effects, and specific details of the War that provides both quick reference and in-depth analysis for readers from the high school level to scholars in the field. The Encyclopedia of the War of 1812: A Political, Social, and Military History dedicates 872 entries—totaling some 600,000 words—to this important American war. It is the most comprehensive and significant reference work available on the subject. Its entries spotlight the key battles, standout individuals, essential weapons, and social, political, and economic developments, and examine the wider, concurrent European developments which directly affected this conflict in North America. A volume of primary documents provides more avenues for research. This three-volume work offers comprehensive, in-depth information in a format that lends itself to quick and easy use, making it ideal for high school, college, and university-level learners as well as general learning annexes and military libraries. Scholars of the period and students of American military history will find it essential reading.

The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution
The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution

Author: Benson J. Lossing

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2023-03-02

Total Pages: 786

ISBN-13: 3382310813

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Colonial Forts of the Champlain and Hudson Valleys: Sentinels of Wood & Stone
Colonial Forts of the Champlain and Hudson Valleys: Sentinels of Wood & Stone

Author: Michael G. Laramie

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 146714486X

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From Montreal to New York City, the rivers and lakes of the Hudson and Champlain Valleys carved a path through the primeval forests of the Northeast. The rival French and English colonies on either end built strategic strongholds there throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The establishment of Fort St. Frederic at Crown Point gave the French command over the vital Lake Champlain. The French and Indian War saw the construction of frontier forts such as the English Fort William Henry at the headwaters of Lake George. Fortifications sometimes changed hands and names, such as when French-built Fort Carillon became the famed Fort Ticonderoga after a successful English siege. Author Michael G. Laramie charts the attempts to secure the most important chain of waterways in early North America.