Loyalists:
Upper Canada & St. Lawrence |
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Inland
Loyalists A 1934 Canadian stamp
commemorating the 150th anniversary of their arrival in future
Ontario, from a sculptured group of Loyalists in downtown Hamilton.
ID #10199 |
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Loyalist
Encampment A loyalist encampment on the Upper St. Lawrence
River, 1784, with ex-soldiers and their families serving as the real
basis of settlement in Eastern Ontario.
ID #10200 |
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Loyalist
Settler Loyalist settler sowing grain in a rough clearing
alongside the upper St. Lawrence, Upper Canada, 1784. Watercolour by
C.W. Jefferys
ID #20621 |
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Loyalists
Travelling Loyalists en route to Upper Canada. By Charles W.
Jefferys.
ID #21771 |
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Loyalists
along the St. Lawrence In the spring of 1784, many Loyalists
travelled up the St. Lawrence River, camping along the way, before
settling on new lands. Pen and ink by Charles William Jefferys,
(1869-1951).
ID #21679 |
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Early
Ontario Settlement Clearing and rough buildings of an early
Ontario settlement.
ID #20286 |
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Loyalist
Farm Essential domestic work on an emerging Loyalist farm in
early Upper Canada: carding wool from sheep, spinning thread,
weaving cloth for garments, hauling firewood, and serving tea.
ID #10204 |
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Loyalist
Home An early Loyalist home in Upper Canada, c. 1791.
ID #20682 |
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United
Empire Loyalists A Canadian postage stamp issued to
commemorate the arrival of United Empire Loyalists from the United
States to Upper Canada, a political entity created in 1791.
ID #23043 |
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Battle
of Montréal September
25, 1775. Ethan Allen, the hero of Ticonderoga,
had been sent by General Richard Montgomery to enlist support of
Canadian sympathizers to help with their siege of St. John's.
300 Canadians volunteer. Instead of returning to St. John's
though, he leads them in an attack on Montréal where they are
soundly defeated. Ethan Allen and 35 others are captured. |
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Colonel
Guy Johnson and Karonghyontye (Captain David Hill)
1776 By
Benjamin West (1738 - 1820). |
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Loyal
Then; Loyal Now Programme
cover of the Grand River Branch U.E.L.A.C.'s ' Tribute to the
Loyalists of the Long Point Settlement and Upper and Lower Canada '
; VIttoria Ontario , 21 June 2003 |