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The Tigress and Scorpion
Photos by contributor Wayne Adam - June, 2009
Plaque Location
The County of Simcoe
The Town of Penetanguishene
On a stone cairn in a park on the west side of Fox Street, south of Broad Street. An older version of the plaque, with the same text, is also attached to the cairn.
Look for the green arrow on the interactive map below.
Latitude and Longitude Coordinates
44.790865 -79.933868
Plaque Text
In September, 1814, seamen of the Royal Navy under Lt. Miller Worsley, after a memorable voyage in an open boat from Nottawasaga Bay to Mackinac, aided by soldiers of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment commanded by Lts. Armstrong, Bulger, and Radenhurst, captured the United States ships of war TIGRESS and SCORPION. In compliance with the Rush-Bagot agreement these ships were sunk in Penetanguishene Bay.
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Capture of the Tigress and Scorpion
The Nancy
Rush-Bagot Agreement
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War of 1812
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