"THE WILKINS EXPEDITION 1763"
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Keldar5
N 42° 16.880 W 081° 50.593
17T E 430474 N 4681357
Expedition plaque in a provincial park.
Waymark Code: WMP0FX
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 06/04/2015
Views: 7
Plaque Text
On November 7, 1763 a fleet of small boats carrying nearly 700 officers and men of the 60th and 80th Regiments under Major John Wilkins, was forced ashore by a violent storm about 5 km east of this point. The expedition had set out from Niagara on October 19 to relieve the British post at Detroit, commanded by Major Henry Gladwin, which was then under siege by a powerful force of Indians led by Pontiac. Some seventy men and twenty boats with most of the supplies were lost in the storm. Wilkins and the survivors reached the shore where they buried the dead and encamped for five days before returning to Niagara.
Address or location of plaque: 18050 Rondeau Park Road, Morpeth, ON N0P 1X0
Physical location of plaque: Park
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Description of any physical remains at site of "Historical Plaque": Plaque on a pole near a visitors centre.
This 'Plaque' describes: An 'Event'
Condition of sign: Good
Is this a bilingual sign?: No !
What is the second/third language?: French
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