The
Village of Queenston (43°10' N 79°03'
W) is located 5km north of Niagara Falls,
Ontario in the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Queenston was first settled in the 1770's
by United Empire Loyalist refugees and
emigrees from the United States. British,
Mohawk and Canadian colonial troops defeated
an American invasion force here in the
Battle of Queenston Heights during the
War of 1812. British Major-General Sir
Isaac Brock was killed in the battle;
the victory and his death are commemorated
by a large stone monument, on the south
edge of the village. Also nearby is a
smaller monument to Brock's gray horse
Alfred. The village was the home of Laura
Secord, a Canadian heroine of the 1812
war.
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