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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Banks, Robert D.     Subjects     Navy-yards and naval stations -- Ontario -- Frontenac -- History -- 19th century.     Shipbuilding industry -- Ontario -- Frontenac -- Employees -- History -- 19th century.     Shipbuilding -- History -- 19th century.     Frontenac (Ont.) -- History -- 19th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Banks, Robert D.       by title:      Warriors and warship...       by call number:      359.8350971 B218w     Search the Web     Banks, Robert D.     Navy-yards and naval stations -- Ontario -- Frontenac -- History -- 19th century.     Shipbuilding industry -- Ontario -- Frontenac -- Employees -- History -- 19th century.     Shipbuilding -- History -- 19th century.     Frontenac (Ont.) -- History -- 19th century.       MARC Display

Warriors and warships : conflict on the Great Lakes and the legacy of Point Frederick / Robert D. Banks. by Banks, Robert D. Dundurn Press, 2023. Call #: 359.8350971 B218w Subjects Navy-yards and naval stations -- Ontario -- Frontenac -- History -- 19th century.   Shipbuilding industry -- Ontario -- Frontenac -- Employees -- History -- 19th century.   Shipbuilding -- History -- 19th century.   Frontenac (Ont.) -- History -- 19th century. ISBN:  9781459750777 (hc.) Alternate title:  Conflict on the Great Lakes and the legacy of Point Frederick Description:  xxi, 340 p. : coll. ill., maps ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-322) and index. Summary:  "The untold story of Point Frederick, where early nineteenth-century Canadians built warships that stopped invasion and brought peace. Opposite Kingston, Point Frederick was the 1789 dockyard home of the Provincial Marine on Lake Ontario and the headquarters of Britain's Royal Navy from 1813 to 1853. Today, it is the home of the Royal Military College of Canada. Robert Banks recounts Point Frederick's building of great sail and steam warships, and the roles these vessels played in conflicts on Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence River, and Niagara. This included the War of 1812, when French Canadian and British shipwrights made warships that forced the U.S. Navy into port and led to the American withdrawal from Canada. The ships also played a role in the settlement of Upper Canada, the rebellions of 1837, the early planning of the Rideau Canal, and the beginning of the undefended border. Along the way, Banks introduces an array of people from Upper Canada, such as John Graves Simcoe and his wife, Elizabeth; Governor General Lord Dorchester; Major-General Sir Isaac Brock; Sir James Yeo, and even Charles Dickens. He also describes the day-to-day activities at Point Frederick, beyond shipbuilding and military campaigns, such as skating parties, sleigh rides, theatricals, crime and punishment, and disease and death."--From publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 359.8350971 B218w Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Nonfiction 359.8350971 B218w Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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