Fairfield on the Thames

Photos by Alan L Brown - June, 2009

Plaque Location

In the Municipality of Chatham-Kent
at coordinates N 42 35.156 W 81 54.225
the current location of Fairfield Museum.

© 2009 Microsoft

Plaque Text

Here stood the village of Fairfield, destroyed by invading American forces following the Battle of the Thames, 5th October, 1813. Its inhabitants, Delaware Indian exiles brought from Ohio to Canada in 1792 by Moravian missionaries, were re-established on the opposite bank of the river after the Peace of 1814.

Related Ontario plaque pages
New Fairfield 1815
Skirmish At McCrae's House
Tecumseh 1768-1813

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Settlements

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