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The Battle of the Windmill
Photos by contributor Roger Taguchi - Posted July, 2014
Plaque Location
The United Counties of Leeds & Grenville
The Township of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal
On Windmill Road, 2.5 km east of
Edward Street South (Road 18) in Prescott
via King Street East (Road 2) and Windmill Road
Coordinates: N 44 43.267 W 75 29.216 |
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Plaque Text
After the 1837 Rebellions many rebels fled to the United States where a few joined American sympathizers in a new attempt to overthrow British rule in Canada. On 12 November 1838 they landed 190 men here and seized this windmill and nearby buildings. The local people remained loyal, reporting to their militia units; in a few days 2,000 militia and regulars, supported by naval vessels, besieged the mill. Although British guns did little damage to the mill, the insurgents, seeing no escape, surrendered on the 16th. Eleven were later executed and 60 exiled to Australia.
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