Warriors and Warships
Dundurn Group Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-4597-5077-7 (ISBN)
The untold story of Point Frederick, where early nineteenth-century Canadians built warships that stopped invasion and brought peace.
Warriors and Warships brings to life a much neglected part of Canada’s military history, covering the warships and the people who built them at Point Frederick from the late eighteenth century to the mid-nineteenth century. 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.
In this detailed narrative, with over one hundred colour archival maps, aerial views, photographs, and 3D reconstructions, Banks recounts Point Frederick’s building of great sail and steam warships and the roles these vessels played in conflict on Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence River, and Niagara. Among the conflicts is 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. Banks also covers the role of the ships in the settlement of Upper Canada, the rebellion 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 Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe and his wife, Elizabeth Posthuma; Governor General Lord Dorchester; General 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, disease and death, and crime and punishment.
Banks shares the moments of hardship, triumph, and tragedy of both the warriors and the warships in this important contribution to Canadian history.
Robert D. Banks graduated from the Royal Military College in 1974 and went on to become a military pilot, flight surgeon, NASA consultant, and author of scientific papers. His published articles include histories of air force and naval squadrons, the Second World War, and historic buildings of the RMC. He splits his time between Barrie, Ontario, and San Antonio, Texas.
CONTENTS
Author’s Note and Acknowledgements xii
Introduction xvii
1 Pointe du Montréal 1
2 Finding Navy Bay 13
3 The King’s Dock Yard at Kingston 27
4 Simcoe and Dorchester 43
5 The Provincial Marine 51
6 War and the Provincial Marine 61
7 Arrival of the Royal Navy 75
8 Building a Royal Navy Dockyard 95
9 The Defence of Kingston 107
10 The Shipwrights’ War 117
11 The Winter of Illness and Death 135
12 An Uncertain Peace 145
13 Building for Permanence 161
14 Maintaining Capability 173
15 Decline 193
16 Closing the Yard 205
17 Resurrection 215
18 Garrison Life in the Age of Steam 227
19 Ordnance Department 247
20 Legacy 257
Appendix 1: Main Historical Figures 261
Appendix 2: Vessels of Point Frederick 267
Abbreviations and Glossary 271
Select Bibliography 275
Notes 287
Image Credits
Index
About the Author
| Erscheinungsdatum | 14.02.2023 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Toronto |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 177 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 1079 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4597-5077-2 / 1459750772 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4597-5077-7 / 9781459750777 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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