FIRST - Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada
N 43° 15.316 W 079° 04.206
17T E 656652 N 4790970
Located in a park at the main intersection of Niagara-on-the-Lake is a statue and plaque to the FIRST Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada
Waymark Code: WMAY6
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 04/21/2006
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As taken from this site John Graves Simcoe:
John Graves Simcoe was born at Cotterstock, England in 1752, the only son of John and Katherine Simcoe. He was educated at Oxford and entered the army as a ensign of the 35th Foot in 1770.
He was posted to Boston at the beginning of the American Revolution in 1775. His agitation for the creation of a special formation of light troops designed to fight the Americans on equal terms led to the creation of the Queen's Rangers in 1777, a loyalist unit under the command of the newly appointed Major Simcoe.
He took part in several operations in New York and Virginia before being invalided home as a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1781.
An Article related to the creation of the statue provide more detail.
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