Battle of Beaver Dams

Date	24 June 1813
Location	Thorold, Ontario
Result	British victory

Belligerents

United Kingdom
First Nations

United States

Commanders and leaders

James FitzGibbon

Charles G. Boerstler

Strength

400 natives,
50 regulars

600+ regulars

Casualties and losses

5–15 killed
20–25 wounded

25 killed
50 wounded prisoners
462 captured

National Historic Site of Canada

Official name

Battle of Beaver Dams National Historic Site of Canada

Designated

1921

Original site:	43°07′04″N 79°11′08″W / 43.11772°N 79.18550°W / 43.11772; -79.18550
Present site:	43°07′22″N 79°12′06″W / 43.122722°N 79.201547°W / 43.122722; -79.201547

Coordinates: 43°07′03″N 79°11′08″W / 43.117600°N 79.185419°W / 43.117600; -79.185419

25 killed
50 wounded prisoners
462 captured

The Battle of Beaver Dams took place on 24 June 1813, during the War of 1812. An American column marched from Fort George and attempted to surprise a British outpost at Beaver Dams, billeting themselves overnight in the village of Queenston, Ontario. Laura Secord, a resident of Queenston, had earlier learned of the American plans, and had struck out on a long and difficult trek to warn the British at Decou's stone house near present-day Brock University. When the Americans resumed their march, they were ambushed by Native warriors and eventually surrendered to a small British detachment led by Lieutenant James FitzGibbon. About 500 Americans, including their wounded commander, were taken prisoner.

On 25 May 1813, the Americans had won the Battle of Fort George, capturing the fort. The British fell back to a position at Burlington Heights near the western end of Lake Ontario, briefly abandoning the entire Niagara Peninsula to the Americans. The Americans attempted to pursue the British, but their advance was checked at the Battle of Stoney Creek by a British counter-attack. At the same time, the American flotilla of warships which had been supporting their army on the Niagara Peninsula was hastily withdrawn to face a threat to their own base, and a British flotilla threatened the Americans' line of communications. The Americans fell back to Fort George. The British followed up and established an outpost at DeCou's house in the present-day city of Thorold, Ontario, from which Natives and militia harassed American outposts.

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