Historic Sites

• A : 43.10764935860 -79.25026852590 DeCew House 0.5 km west of the intersection of Merrittville Hwy and Decew Road Thorold DeCew House Listings -Destinations/DeCew House 0.5 km west of the intersection of Merrittville Hwy and Decew Road Thorold
  DeCew House was the destination for Laura Secord when she set out on her celebrated trek from Queenston over the rough terrain of the Niagara Escarpment in June of 1813 to warn the British military of an impending American attack. The foundation of DeCew House has been preserved as a memorial and a park site. Photo Gallery ...	Add this location to my itinerary

• B : 43.115082 -79.268764 Peter Thomas Mill Dam on the Twelve Mile Creek, south of Power Glen Rd along the Laura Secord Legacy Trail Ontario Peter Thomas Mill Dam Listings -Destinations/Peter Thomas Mill Dam on the Twelve Mile Creek, south of Power Glen Rd along the Laura Secord Legacy Trail Ontario
  Power Glen, a small community located near the Decew Falls Power Generating Complex, was first settled in the mid 1700s. Lieutenant Duncan Murray of the King’s Royal Regiment of New York, to whom the land was first deeded and who started construction on a saw and grist mill died in the 1780s. The land was next acquired by prominent Queenston merchant Robert Hamilton, who ...	Add this location to my itinerary

• C : 43.117681 -79.18557 Battle of Beaverdams Site (actual) Old Thorold Stone Rd and Davis Rd, Thorold Ontario L0S 1A0 Battle of Beaverdams Site (actual) Listings -Destinations/Battle of Beaverdams Site (actual) Old Thorold Stone Rd and Davis Rd, Thorold Ontario L0S 1A0
  TRIPCLIP AUDIO FILE - BATTLE OF BEAVERDAMS SITE (actual) Click to play or download See Google Satellite View (https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=Old+Thorold+Stone+Rd+and+Davis+Rd,+Thorold hl=en ll=43.117839,-79.183745 spn=0.019078,0.027595 sll=43.13476,-79.128174 sspn=0.038145,0.055189 t=h gl=ca hnear=Davis+Rd+%26+Old+Thorold+Stone+Rd,+Thorold, ...	Add this location to my itinerary

• D : 43.107649358600000 -79.250268525900000 DeCew Town Thorold, Ontario DeCew Town Listings -Destinations/DeCew Town Thorold, Ontario
  The vanished hamlet of DeCew Town was located along the edge of the Niagara Escarpment between DeCew House and DeCew Falls. Settler John DeCew built several mills on 200 acres of land he purchased in 1792 on the escarpment above 12 Mile Creek. After his capture by American Patriot forces and imprisonment in Philadephia, DeCew escaped in 1814 and returned to Can ...	Add this location to my itinerary

• E : 43.24845450070 -79.07760831380 Butler's Barracks Niagara-on-the-Lake Butler's Barracks Listings -Destinations/Butler's Barracks Niagara-on-the-Lake
  After the War of 1812, Upper Canada built the Butler Barrack's southwest of Fort George to avoid any future attacks from the American contingent. Once functioning as the site of government buildings before the War of 1812, Butler's Barracks continued to be a significant location in Niagara-on-the-Lake with subsequent buildings being erected following its foundation in 1817/181 ...	Add this location to my itinerary

• F : 43.25137304790 -79.09057419150 Butler's Burial Grounds Historic Site Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario Butler's Burial Grounds Historic Site Listings -Destinations/Butler's Burial Grounds Historic Site Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
  The site is known as where Colonel John Butler lays; it features two plaques commemorating him and his troops. Colonel John Butler was an instrumental force in alliance between Natives and the British during the late 18th Century in Upper Canada. Known for forming the Butler's Rangers, an infantry group that held land for the British south of the Great Lakes after the American Rev ...	Add this location to my itinerary

• G : 43.122587208507 -79.201446190469 Battle of Beaverdams Park Battle of Beaverdams Park Thorold, Ontario Battle of Beaverdams Park Listings -Destinations/Battle of Beaverdams Park Battle of Beaverdams Park Thorold, Ontario
  This historic ten acre passive park was created in 1976 on the infilled channel of the second Welland Canal, but despite the name, it is not the site of the battle itself. However, it commemorates both Laura Ingersoll Secord and the soldiers involved in the decisive Battle of Beaverdams in 1813, as well as several other significant heritage events (see below). The p ...	Add this location to my itinerary

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