Plan of the Attack made upon Fort Erie (Upper Canada) by the Right Division of the British Army, under the command of Lt. Genl. Drummond in August and Septr. 1814.

Abstract

Historic plan showing a portion of land in Fort Erie, bordered in the south by Lake Erie and east by the Niagara River. North is oriented to the bottom. At the south of the map Fort Erie is shown along with military lines/entrenchments and roads. Toward the north is an area of cleared land labelled: “The encampment of the British Army.” North of the encampment is another portion of cleared land labelled: “The Park of Artillery". The large majority of the map is forested. Two lines are shown in the Niagara River running from the river to a military location labelled: “No. 1 Battn.”. The southern-most line reads: “from Battery between Black-Rock and Buffaloe about 1500 yards.” and the line that is north of that reads: “from Black-Rock Battery. about 1700 yards.” Number 2 and Number 3 Battalions are shown south of the number one battalion. Plan is signed by the authors. Relief shown by shading and hachures.

Authorship indicate: G. Nicolls, George Phillpotts.

Scale: 150 yards to an inch ; [1:5,400]

Digital reproduction: Library and Archives Canada, National Map Collection: NMC-22340. Map image in JPEG format.

Georeferenced and modified by Map, Data and GIS Library, Brock University.

Described in: Mapping Upper Canada, 1780-1867 / Joan Winearls. 1991. Reference no.: 706.