Flagship Niagara

Flagship Niagara is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Erie, Erie County, dedicated 1948.

Erie Maritime Museum at Niagara Plaza, along fence at rear, 150 E Front St., Erie

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This restored vessel was used by Capt. Oliver Hazard Perry as his flagship in the Battle of Lake Erie, Sept. 10, 1813 after the Lawrence was disabled. From the Niagara's deck Perry sent the message, "We have met the enemy and they are ours."

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1804 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1810 · United States of America, northern part. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1812 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1819 · Ohio & Indiana (H. S. Tanner, 1819) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1824 · Pennsylvania (A. Finley, 1824) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Ohio & Indiana (H. S. Tanner, 1819), 1819, covering the location of Flagship Niagara, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Ohio & Indiana (H. S. Tanner, 1819), 1819, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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