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Patriot War
Part of the Rebellions of 1837
Battle of the Windmill
Battle of the Windmill, Prescott
Date13 December 1837 - 4 December 1838
LocationGreat Lakes Basin
Result

Government victory

  • Defeat of Hunters' Lodges
  • Unification of Upper and Lower Canada into the Province of Canada
Belligerents

United Kingdom United Kingdom

United States United States of America
Hunters' Lodge
Commanders and leaders
Henry Dundas
Allan MacNab
Sheriff William Jarvis
William Lyon Mackenzie
Charles Duncombe
Nils von Schoultz Executed
Flag of the Republic of Canada

The Republic of Canada's flag - the two stars represent Upper and Lower Canada.

The Republic of Canada was a declared government proclaimed by William Lyon Mackenzie on December 13, 1837. The self-proclaimed government was established on Navy Island in the Niagara River in the latter days of the Upper Canada Rebellion after Mackenzie and 200 of his followers retreated from Toronto.

On December 29, Royal Navy Commander Andrew Drew and seven boatloads of Canadian militiamen crossed the Niagara River to Fort Schlosser. They captured the American supply steamer Caroline used by William Lyon Mackenzie and his rebels on Navy Island (see Caroline Affair). Drew's forces set the ship alight and sent it adrift towards Niagara Falls, resulting in the death of one American.

On January 13, 1838, Mackenzie abandoned Navy Island under heavy fire from British troops. He fled to Buffalo, New York, and was sentenced in the U.S. to 18 months imprisonment for violating neutrality laws between the United States and the British Empire.

See also[]

  • Republicanism in Canada

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