War Of 1812 York. Battle of York At dawn on Tuesday April 27 1813 a squadron of American warships bore down upon the town of York situated on the northwest corner of Lake Ontario. The Battle of York was fought on April 27 1813 in York present-day Toronto the capital of the colonial province of Upper Canada present-day Ontario during the War of 1812An American force supported by a naval flotilla landed on the lake shore to the west and advanced against the town which was defended by an outnumbered force of regulars militia and Ojibway natives under the overall.
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The Battle of York was an easy win for Americans as they eyed expansion into Canada in the first years of the War of 1812. New Englanders particularly. Aboard USS Madison a 24-gun corvette Major General Henry Dearborn a 62-year-old veteran of the Revolutionary War surveyed the shoreline where his army would land.
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Though lacking in strategic value York presented an easier target than the main British base on the lake at Kingston. On this day exactly 200 years ago one of the most powerful explosions ever witnessed in North America tore through Fort York shattering a brief calm in the battle for control of the town of York. An American naval flotilla supported a landing force on the western lake shore which defeated the defending British force and captured the fort town and dockyard. War of 1812 Discharge Certificates Updated February 22 2005 War of 1812 Discharge Certificates Appendix I.
