Queenston, Upper Canada

E175713

historic village settlement

Queenston, Upper Canada was a small but strategically important village on the Niagara River that became historically notable as the site of the Battle of Queenston Heights during the War of 1812.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Queenston, Upper Canada canonical	10
Queenston, Ontario	7
Queenston	5
Queenston Heights, Ontario	1
Queenston, Ontario village	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1546396 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Queenston, Upper Canada
Context triple: [Isaac Brock, placeOfDeath, Queenston, Upper Canada]

A. Fort William
Fort William is a historic urban area in Thunder Bay, Ontario, known for its origins as a fur trade and transportation hub on Lake Superior.
B. Fort William
Fort William is a historic British colonial fortress in Calcutta (now Kolkata), India, that served as a major military and administrative stronghold during the British Raj.
C. Fort William
Fort William is a major town in the western Scottish Highlands, known as a gateway to Ben Nevis and a popular center for outdoor activities and tourism.
D. Waterloo
Waterloo is a town in present-day Belgium best known as the site of Napoleon Bonaparte’s decisive defeat in 1815, which ended the Napoleonic Wars and reshaped European politics.
E. Plains of Abraham
The Plains of Abraham is a historic plateau in Quebec City, Canada, best known as the site of the pivotal 1759 battle between British and French forces that shaped the future of North America.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Queenston, Upper Canada
Target entity description: Queenston, Upper Canada was a small but strategically important village on the Niagara River that became historically notable as the site of the Battle of Queenston Heights during the War of 1812.

A. Fort William
Fort William is a major town in the western Scottish Highlands, known as a gateway to Ben Nevis and a popular center for outdoor activities and tourism.
B. Fort William
Fort William is a historic urban area in Thunder Bay, Ontario, known for its origins as a fur trade and transportation hub on Lake Superior.
C. Fort William
Fort William is a historic British colonial fortress in Calcutta (now Kolkata), India, that served as a major military and administrative stronghold during the British Raj.
D. Waterloo
Waterloo is a town in present-day Belgium best known as the site of Napoleon Bonaparte’s decisive defeat in 1815, which ended the Napoleonic Wars and reshaped European politics.
E. Plains of Abraham
The Plains of Abraham is a historic plateau in Quebec City, Canada, best known as the site of the pivotal 1759 battle between British and French forces that shaped the future of North America.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic village ⓘ settlement ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	death of Major-General Isaac Brock ⓘ
associatedWithMilitaryLeader	Major-General Isaac Brock ⓘ linked to: Isaac Brock
associatedWithStructure	Brock’s Monument (nearby on Queenston Heights) ⓘ linked to: Brock's Monument
belligerentsInNotableBattle	British forces ⓘ Canadian militia ⓘ Indigenous allies ⓘ United States forces ⓘ linked to: United States Armed Forces
borderRole	border crossing point between British North America and United States ⓘ
borderWaterway	Niagara River ⓘ
colonialAdministration	Province of Upper Canada ⓘ linked to: Upper Canada
conflict	War of 1812 ⓘ
countryAtTheTime	British Empire ⓘ
currentMunicipality	Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario ⓘ linked to: Niagara-on-the-Lake
dateOfNotableEvent	13 October 1812 ⓘ
economicRole	local trading centre ⓘ river port and landing point on Niagara River ⓘ
functionedAs	transportation hub between water and land routes ⓘ
governingEmpireDuringWarOf1812	United Kingdom ⓘ
hadInfrastructure	roads connecting to interior of Upper Canada ⓘ wharves on Niagara River ⓘ
heritageStatus	historic community within Niagara-on-the-Lake ⓘ
historicalEra	War of 1812 ⓘ
knownFor	Battle of Queenston Heights ⓘ
languageMajorityHistorical	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Upper Canada ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Ontario, Canada ⓘ linked to: Ontario
locatedOn	Niagara River ⓘ
militarySignificance	key point for American invasion attempts into Upper Canada ⓘ
near	Lewiston, New York ⓘ Niagara Falls ⓘ
opposedAcrossBorderBy	State of New York ⓘ linked to: U.S. state of New York
oppositeAcrossRiverFrom	Lewiston, New York ⓘ
overlookedBy	Queenston Heights ⓘ
partOf	Niagara Peninsula ⓘ linked to: Niagara Region
presentDaySettlement	Queenston, Ontario ⓘ linked to: Queenston, Upper Canada
region	Niagara region ⓘ linked to: Niagara Region
siteOf	Battle of Queenston Heights ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of Niagara River crossing ⓘ key communication and supply route between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie ⓘ
terrainFeature	Queenston Heights ⓘ
timePeriodOfProminence	early 19th century ⓘ
transportLink	Niagara River portage route ⓘ linked to: Niagara River road to Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake) ⓘ road toward Chippawa and Fort Erie ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Isaac Brock → placeOfDeath → Queenston, Upper Canada ⓘ

Battle of Queenston Heights → location → Queenston, Upper Canada ⓘ

Battle of Queenston Heights → memorialLocation → Queenston Heights, Ontario ⓘ