Everything about Queenston Ontario totally explained
The Village of
Queenston is located 5 km north of
Niagara Falls, Ontario in the Town of
Niagara-on-the-Lake. The village is a control city on
Highway 405 and its location on the Escarpment led to the establishment of the now-defunct Queenston Quarry in the area.
Queenston was first settled in the
1770s by
United Empire Loyalist refugees and immigrants from the
United States. During the
War of 1812,
British,
Mohawk and Canadian colonial troops repelled an American invasionary force here in the
Battle of Queenston Heights. British Major-General Sir
Isaac Brock was killed in the battle; the victory and his death are commemorated by an impressive stone tower located atop the
Niagara Escarpment and surmounted by a large stone statue of Brock overlooking the village below. Also nearby is a smaller monument to Brock's gray horse, Alfred. The village was also the home of
Laura Secord, a Canadian heroine of the 1812 war. Queenston Heights is home to the birthplace of
Niagara Falls. The
Niagara River began eroding the Niagara Escarpment here, and it has taken 12,000 years for the Falls to cut an eight mile long gorge in the Escarpment southward to its present-day position.
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