Pro Patria National Historic Event
Amherstburg, Ontario
View of HSMBC plaque
© Parks Canada / Parcs Canada, 1989
Address :
Dalhousie Street, Amherstburg, Ontario
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1928-05-16
Other Name(s):
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Pro Patria
(Designation Name)
Importance:
Seamen of the Royal Navy and Provincial Marine; War of 1812
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: Water Works Park Dalhousie Street, Amherstburg, Ontario
In memory of Captain R. A. Finnis, Lieut. John Garland and seamen of the Royal Navy and Provincial Marine and Lieut. John Garden and soldiers of the Royal Newfoundland and 41st Regiments, who were killed in action, and their comrades who served on these lakes in defence of Canada in 1812-14.
Existing plaque: Beside the entrance road to Fort Henry National Historic Site Kingston, Ontario
In memory of the officers and seamen of the Royal Navy and Provincial Marine, and of the officers and soldiers of the Royal Marines, Royal Newfoundland, King's (8th), and 100th Regiments, who served on Lake Ontario in defence of Canada in 1812-14.