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Lieutenant-Colonel William Caldwell


Location
The County of Essex - Amherstburg
On the east side of Ramsey Street north of Park Street


Photographer
Alan L Brown
Posted
September 4, 2004

Summary from the Ontario Heritage Foundation's website
After serving with the British during the American Revolution, Caldwell (c.1750-1822) settled in Upper Canada near the mouth of the Detroit River close to present-day Amherstburg. His enormous influence with the Wyandots and Ottawas enabled him to acquire extensive holdings along Lake Erie, where he encouraged former loyalist soldiers to take up land.

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