History, Canada, Pre-Confederation (To 1867)
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A Bastion of Empire
A Story of Fort St. Joseph and the War of 1812 by David B. Clark
In the late summer of 1809, Louis Cloutier, 18, is aboard the "Nancy," a schooner of the North West Fur Company, sailing from Fort Amherstburg on a journey of 400 miles, and heading for Fort St. Joseph, the furthest northern British outpost. This...
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Redcoat 1812
by John Nixon
When James FitzGibbon dons the British army’s redcoat, little does he know that he will be sent to backwoods Upper Canada just prior to a war that will shape the North American continent. FitzGibbon’s memoire details his experiences during the...
