Battle of Beaver Dams

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The Battle of Beaver Dams was a War of 1812 engagement in which British, Indigenous, and Canadian forces ambushed and forced the surrender of a U.S. detachment near present-day Thorold, Ontario, helping secure Upper Canada from American invasion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
engagement of the War of 1812 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of the Beaver Dams ⓘ
belligerent British Army ⓘ
Canadian militia ⓘ
Indigenous warriors ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
casualties light British casualties ⓘ
significant U.S. prisoners taken ⓘ
combatant American forces ⓘ
British forces ⓘ
commander Charles G. Boerstler ⓘ
James FitzGibbon ⓘ
conflict War of 1812 ⓘ
country British North America ⓘ
linked to: British America
date 1813-06-24 ⓘ
followedBy later engagements in the Niagara campaign of 1813 ⓘ
historicalSignificance contributed to continued British control of Upper Canada in 1813 ⓘ
location Upper Canada ⓘ
near present-day Thorold, Ontario ⓘ
modernCountry Canada ⓘ
modernProvince Ontario ⓘ
notableFor civilian warning by Laura Secord ⓘ
role of Indigenous warriors in defeating U.S. force ⓘ
notableParticipant Caughnawaga Mohawk warriors ⓘ
linked to: Iroquois warriors

Grand River Mohawk warriors ⓘ
linked to: Iroquois warriors

Indigenous allies of the British ⓘ
Kahnawake Mohawk warriors ⓘ
linked to: Iroquois warriors

Laura Secord ⓘ
partOf Niagara campaign of 1813 ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Stoney Creek ⓘ
primaryTactic ambush ⓘ
provinceAtTime Upper Canada ⓘ
region near Beaver Dams Creek ⓘ
result British and Indigenous victory ⓘ
surrender of U.S. detachment ⓘ
strategicEffect discouraged further U.S. advances in Niagara Peninsula ⓘ
helped secure Upper Canada from American invasion ⓘ
strength approximately 600 U.S. soldiers ⓘ
several hundred Indigenous warriors ⓘ
small British regular detachment ⓘ
tacticalSituation ambush of U.S. detachment ⓘ
theatre Niagara Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Niagara Region
typeOfWarfare land battle ⓘ
UScasualties hundreds of U.S. soldiers captured ⓘ

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Defence of Upper Canada → hasPart → Battle of Beaver Dams ⓘ
subject linked to: defence of Upper Canada
Thorold → hasHistoricEvent → Battle of Beaver Dams (nearby historic site) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Beaver Dams
Niagara campaign of the War of 1812 → hasPart → Battle of Beaver Dams ⓘ
Battle of Fort George → followedBy → Battle of Beaver Dams ⓘ
Battle of Stoney Creek → followedBy → Battle of Beaver Dams ⓘ
Battle of Beaver Dams → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Beaver Dams ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Beaver Dams
The Battle of Beaverdams Park → commemorates → Battle of Beaver Dams ⓘ
The Battle of Beaverdams Park → isNamedAfter → Battle of Beaver Dams ⓘ