Title

Queenston Heights - monument to Laura Secord

Description

en-CA From the personal collection of Ruth Deacon ; Laura Ingersoll Secord died in 1868 at the age of ninety three. She is Canada's most famous heroine. Born in Massachusetts she came to Canada at the age of twenty and during her lifetime the American Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the American Civil War, and the Fenian Raids all occurred. The family homestead was located in Queenston Ontario and it was from here that she made her famous walk through twenty miles of wild countryside to alert troops of the impending American attack. The family later moved to Chippawa. Both houses still exist today. Laura Secord is buried in the Drummond Hill Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Canada ;

Identifier

http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=94643

Creator

Deacon, Reg

Medium

Digital image

Extent

colour digital image from a 6" x 4" photograph

Provenance

Ruth Deacon

Date

19980712

Is Part Of

Niagara Falls Public Library Digital Collections

locator

414488e

Rights Holder

©Niagara Falls Public Library

Rights

Reg & Ruth Deacon

Subject

Queenston Heights

Monuments

Spatial Coverage

Canada - Ontario - Queenston

number

D414488E

Format

Digital image

Date Created

2004-03-05

Date Modified

2005-01-20