Battle of the Windmill National Historic Site marks the site of the November 1838

Battle of the Windmill The Battle of the Windmill was fought in November 1838 in the aftermath of the Upper Canada Rebellion. Loyalist forces of the Upper Canadian government and American troops, aided by the Royal Navy and the United States Navy, defeated an invasion b ...

, fought around a grist

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near Prescott,

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, Canada. In 1873, the original grist windmill was converted into a

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by the Canadian Department of Marine. The lighthouse became known as Windmill Point Light. In 1996 the Friends of Windmill Point opened the 60-foot-tall stone lighthouse tower to the public as Battle of the Windmill National Historic Site, a

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. Visitors are led on a guided tour of the tower, and can climb to the top just below the lantern room for a view of the

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. There are interpretive panels about the battle, a video presentation, and a gift shop. The tower is open weekends in June and September, and daily in July and August, and is located on Windmill Point Road, off Highway 2, 3 km east of the town of Prescott, Ontario.

References

*Graves, Donald E., Guns Across the River: The Battle of the Windmill, 1838, 2001, The Friends of Windmill Point, Prescott, Ontario.

External links

Battle of the Windmill National Historic Site
- Parks Canada official site
Windmill Point Light
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