TreeAlive Map your family tree
← All Canada markers

Fort Malden

Fort Malden is a National Historic Site of Canada in Amherstburg, Ontario.

Ontario · 100 Laird Avenue South, Amherstburg, Ontario · location approximate

Directions to the area ↗Start a road tripHistorical trails

Fort Amherstburg (Fort Malden) This post was begun by the Royal Canadian Volunteers in 1796 to replace Detroit and to maintain British influence among the western Indians. As the principal defence of the Detroit frontier in 1812, it was here that Isaac Brock gathered his forces for the attack on Detroit. The next year, with supply lines cut and control of Lake Erie lost to the Americans, the British could not hold the fort, which they evacuated and burned. Partially rebuilt by the invading Americans, it was returned on 1 July 1815 to the British, who maintained a frontier garrison here until 1851.

Français

Les Royal Canadian Volunteers entreprirent la construction de ce fort en 1796 comme principale défense de la frontière pour remplacer Détroit et maintenir l'influence britannique sur les Indiens de l'Ouest. En 1812, Isaac Brock y rassembla son armée pour attaquer Détroit. Privés de leurs lignes de ravitaillement et de leur suprématie navale sur le lac Érié, les Anglais furent réduits à l'évacuer et à le raser l'année suivante. Partiellement reconstruit par les envahisseurs américains, il fut remis aux Anglais le 1 juillet 1815, puis servit de station frontalière jusqu'en 1851.

*Note: This designation has been identified for review. A review can be triggered for one of the following reasons - outdated language or terminology, absence of a significant layer of history, factual errors, controversial beliefs and behaviour, or significant new knowledge. Note from Parks Canada.

Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Example

The Articles of Confederation marker in Pennsylvania stands under a mile from where William Gabby lived in the 1760s.

What that marker records spans 1777 to 1789, overlapping William Gabby's years there.

From one family's 77-marker roster

Upload your family tree and TreeAlive finds the markers near where your own ancestors lived.

See your family's markers

Start with a tree file, a FamilySearch sign in, or a WikiTree ID.

Report a problem with this page

We may pass what you report to the state's marker program. Please don't include personal details.

This plaque text is recorded in the Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, published by Parks Canada for the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. Plaque texts come from the Directory’s open dataset in the languages the Directory publishes them in; the pin on this page is ours, worked out from the Directory’s street address or local area and marked approximate. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
TreeAlive is an independent project and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Parks Canada or the Government of Canada.
Open Government Licence – Canada

More markers nearby

Privacy Policy · Accessibility