Canada and Canadian Defence: The Defensive Policy of the Dominion in Relation to the Character of Her Frontier, the Events of the War of 1812-14, and Her Position To-dayH. Rees, Limited, 1910 - 186 pagina's |
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Pagina 26
... steamers as high up as Montreal.3 The great lakes also , though some of their shallows and bays are in winter frozen over , remain in their central portion open water throughout the year , and their size admits of fleets manoeuvring ...
... steamers as high up as Montreal.3 The great lakes also , though some of their shallows and bays are in winter frozen over , remain in their central portion open water throughout the year , and their size admits of fleets manoeuvring ...
Pagina 42
... steamers ( paddle - wheel ) upon the rivers . The Accommodation was put on the St. Lawrence by Mr. John Molson in November , 1809 , her passage from Montreal to Quebec taking sixty - six hours , during thirty of which she was at anchor ...
... steamers ( paddle - wheel ) upon the rivers . The Accommodation was put on the St. Lawrence by Mr. John Molson in November , 1809 , her passage from Montreal to Quebec taking sixty - six hours , during thirty of which she was at anchor ...
Pagina 112
... steamers and merchant ships , as well as for their manning and armament , so that over 200 specially selected steamers could be quickly placed upon the upper lakes ; also some thousands of officers and men from the National Guard and ...
... steamers and merchant ships , as well as for their manning and armament , so that over 200 specially selected steamers could be quickly placed upon the upper lakes ; also some thousands of officers and men from the National Guard and ...
Pagina 115
... steamers run upon these lakes and on the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in connection with 1 Such as the Port Directory of Principal Canadian Ports and Harbours ; Department of Marine and Fisheries , Ottawa , August , 1909 . Reports of ...
... steamers run upon these lakes and on the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in connection with 1 Such as the Port Directory of Principal Canadian Ports and Harbours ; Department of Marine and Fisheries , Ottawa , August , 1909 . Reports of ...
Pagina 116
... steamers , and the general INTRODUCTION OF STEAM AND ELECTRICITY in many forms . In the future , the operations of war will move faster than in the past , and the control of the lakes will possibly be decided in days , if not hours ...
... steamers , and the general INTRODUCTION OF STEAM AND ELECTRICITY in many forms . In the future , the operations of war will move faster than in the past , and the control of the lakes will possibly be decided in days , if not hours ...
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Amherstburg armed vessels army ascendancy on Lake Atlantic and Pacific attack batteries battle border Britain British flotilla Burlington Heights campaign Canadian defence Canadian frontier Canadian Navy Canadian Pacific Canal Captain Barclay carry Chauncey command depth of water Detroit Dominion Duke of Wellington Empire enemy England feet fleet Fort Detroit Fort Erie Fort George Fort Niagara frontier of Canada Georgian Bay Government guns Halifax Hudson Bay important James Carmichael Smyth Kingston Lake Champlain Lake Erie Lake Huron Lake Ontario Lake Superior land forces Lawrence Mackinac map facing Michigan miles militia Montreal nation naval and military naval ascendancy navigation Niagara frontier ocean officers operations Ottawa peace Plattsburg ports protected Quebec railways rapids River St route Sackett's Harbour Sault St Sea-Power seamen ships shore Sir George Prevost southern frontier squadron steamers Straits strength tion troops United Upper Canada Vancouver water frontier
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Pagina 80 - Navy has honored us with a higher destiny — we are intended to seek and to fight the enemy's fleet. This is the great purpose of the Government in creating this fleet; and I shall not be diverted in my efforts to effectuate it by any sinister attempt to render us subordinate to, or an appendage of, the army.
Pagina 1 - I have told the Ministers repeatedly that a naval superiority on the lakes is a sine qua non of success in war on the frontier of Canada...
Pagina 80 - I have looked for your fleet with the greatest anxiety since the 10th. I do not doubt my ability to meet the enemy in the field, and to march in any direction over his country, your fleet carrying for me the necessary supplies.
Pagina 163 - We are of opinion that it will be suitable (il conviendra) to proceed to fresh operations to measure the observed latitude, in order to mark out the boundary from the River Connecticut along the parallel of the 45th degree of north latitude to the River St. Lawrence...
Pagina 2 - House will cordially approve of any necessary expenditure designed to promote the speedy organization of a Canadian naval service in co-operation with, and in close relation to, the Imperial navy...
Pagina 163 - Lawrence, named in the treaties Iroquois or Cataraquy, in such a manner, however, that, in all cases, at the place called Rouse's Point the territory of the United States of America shall extend to the fort erected at that place, and shall include said fort and its Kilometrical radius.
Pagina 163 - That in determining the latitude of places it is customary to follow the principle of the observed latitude. And that the Government of the United States of America has erected certain fortifications at the place called Rouses...
Pagina 164 - ... but, in consequence of the line agreed on by the treaty coming too near Quebec, it was determined that an arrangement should be made for the benefit of both parties, and the boundary has been left in its former place. An opening through the woods, like a road, marks the place, about half a mile north of the fort.
Pagina 77 - The object of your operations will be, first, — To give immediate protection, secondly, to obtain, if possible, ultimate security, to his Majesty's possessions in America. The entire destruction of Sackett's Harbour, and the naval establishment on Lake Erie and Lake Champlain, come under the first description."— Should there be any advanced position on that part of our frontier which extends towards Lake Champlain, the occupation of which would materially tend to the security of the province,...
Pagina 164 - In effect, the arbitrator held that the forty-fifth parallel of north latitude should be determined by the customary principle of observed latitude, without regard to prior surveys, but expressed the opinion that the United States should be left in the possession of the fort at Rouse Point. This opinion was actually accepted by the Ashburton Treaty of 1842.