Amherstburg, Upper Canada (during service in North America)

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administrative center colonial settlement military garrison

Amherstburg, Upper Canada was a strategic British military and colonial settlement on the Detroit River that served as an important garrison and administrative center in early 19th-century North America.

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Label	Occurrences
Amherstburg, Upper Canada (during service in North America) canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative center ⓘ colonial settlement ⓘ military garrison ⓘ
associatedWithConflict	Anglo-American frontier tensions in the early 1800s ⓘ War of 1812 ⓘ
borderedBy	Michigan Territory across the Detroit River ⓘ
borderFunction	frontier town on the international boundary with the United States ⓘ
colonialStatus	British colonial settlement ⓘ
communicationRole	node in communications between Niagara frontier and western posts ⓘ
country	Upper Canada ⓘ
economicRole	local hub for fur trade logistics ⓘ riverine transport node on the Detroit River ⓘ
function	coordination point for British policy in the Old Northwest ⓘ
garrisonFor	British Army ⓘ Canadian militia ⓘ surface form: Provincial militia of Upper Canada Royal Navy ⓘ surface form: Royal Navy (lake service)
governedBy	civil and military authorities of Upper Canada ⓘ
hadPopulationType	British officials, soldiers, traders, and local settlers ⓘ mixed military and civilian population ⓘ
hasMilitaryInstallation	Fort Amherstburg ⓘ King’s Navy Yard ⓘ
languageOfAdministration	English ⓘ
linkedToWaterwaySystem	Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system ⓘ surface form: Great Lakes–St. Lawrence waterway
locatedIn	Upper Canada ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Southwestern Ontario ⓘ surface form: southwestern Ontario
locatedNear	Detroit, Michigan Territory ⓘ
locatedOn	Detroit River ⓘ
locatedOpposite	Detroit, Michigan Territory ⓘ
militaryImportance	key link in British defensive chain on the Great Lakes ⓘ staging point for operations against American positions in Michigan Territory ⓘ
partOf	British America ⓘ surface form: British North America
primaryReligion	various Christian denominations ⓘ
servedAs	administrative center for local Indian Department operations ⓘ naval base on the Upper Great Lakes ⓘ supply depot for western posts ⓘ
strategicRole	base for British-First Nations operations in the Old Northwest ⓘ control of navigation on the Detroit River ⓘ defense of western frontier of Upper Canada ⓘ
supportedAllies	Indigenous nations of the Great Lakes region ⓘ Shawnee and other confederated tribes aligned with Tecumseh ⓘ
timePeriod	War of 1812 era ⓘ early 19th century ⓘ
transportMode	served by lake and river vessels ⓘ
underJurisdictionOf	British Empire ⓘ
usedAs	forward operating base against the United States ⓘ

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Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn → residence → Amherstburg, Upper Canada (during service in North America) ⓘ