[Memorndum] British Block House
Document 1797British block house between Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair.
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Type
Copy of Signed Document
Description
British block house between Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair.
Date
02/15/1797
Author
Sent from
War Office
Collection
Document number
1797021500301
Page start
1
Note
Enclosed in McHenry to Pickering, 02/15/1797.
Notable persons
James McHenry
Notable locations
War Office
U.S.
Canada
Lake Erie
Lake St. Clair
Isle de Bocs Blank
Notable items
vessels drawing a few feet water only can pass on its west side
channel, then, considered as the navigable communication through the strait leaves the said island in the territory of the U.S.
ship channel runs between the said island and the Canada shore
informed that a block house has been erected
lays in the strait or river between Lake Erie & Lake St. Clair
Britannic Majesty's troops
endowed with a garrison