Battle of Queenston Heights
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The Battle of Queenston Heights was a pivotal 1812 engagement in which British, Canadian, and Indigenous forces repelled an American invasion across the Niagara River, helping secure Upper Canada early in the War of 1812.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Queenston Heights canonical | 13 |
| Queenston Heights | 2 |
| Defence of Queenston Heights | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Niagara River frontier
ⓘ
defence of Canada in the War of 1812 ⓘ |
| belligerent |
British Army
ⓘ
Canadian militia ⓘ Indigenous warriors ⓘ Upper Canada ⓘ
surface form:
Province of Upper Canada
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
surface form:
United Kingdom
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
United States Army ⓘ |
| BrockStatus |
Isaac Brock
ⓘ
surface form:
Isaac Brock was killed in action
|
| campaign |
Battle of Lundy’s Lane
ⓘ
surface form:
Niagara campaign of the War of 1812
|
| cause |
defence of Upper Canada
ⓘ
surface form:
American invasion of Upper Canada
|
| commander |
Isaac Brock
ⓘ
John Norton ⓘ John Vincent ⓘ Roger Hale Sheaffe ⓘ Stephen Van Rensselaer ⓘ Winfield Scott ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn |
Queenston Heights, Ontario monument
ⓘ
surface form:
Canadian National Historic Site at Queenston Heights
|
| conflict | War of 1812 ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | Upper Canada ⓘ |
| date | 13 October 1812 ⓘ |
| involvedForceType |
Indigenous warriors
ⓘ
militia ⓘ regular infantry ⓘ |
| location |
Niagara River
ⓘ
Battle of Queenston Heights self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Queenston Heights
Queenston, Upper Canada ⓘ |
| memorial |
Brock's Monument
ⓘ
surface form:
Brock’s Monument
|
| memorialLocation |
Queenston, Upper Canada
ⓘ
surface form:
Queenston Heights, Ontario
|
| notableEvent | Death of Isaac Brock ⓘ |
| notableParticipant |
Haudenosaunee
ⓘ
surface form:
Haudenosaunee warriors
Isaac Brock ⓘ
surface form:
Major-General Isaac Brock
Mohawk ⓘ
surface form:
Mohawk warriors
|
| objective | American attempt to establish a bridgehead on the Canadian side of the Niagara River ⓘ |
| outcome |
American forces driven back across the Niagara River
ⓘ
Secured British control of the Niagara frontier in 1812 ⓘ |
| partOf | War of 1812 ⓘ |
| presentDayLocation |
Ontario
ⓘ
surface form:
Ontario, Canada
|
| result |
British victory
ⓘ
Defeat of American invasion of Upper Canada ⓘ |
| strategicSignificance |
Discouraged further immediate American invasions across the Niagara River
ⓘ
Helped secure Upper Canada early in the War of 1812 ⓘ |
| tactic |
American river crossing by boat
ⓘ
British and Canadian counterattack up the heights ⓘ |
| terrain | Heights overlooking the Niagara River ⓘ |
| year | 1812 ⓘ |
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Queenston Heights
subject surface form:
Isaac Brock
this entity surface form:
Queenston Heights
subject surface form:
Defence of Upper Canada
this entity surface form:
Defence of Queenston Heights
subject surface form:
Winfield Scott