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Isaac Brock
The Hero of Upper Canada, who took Detroit by bluff and died ten weeks later.
Life story
- October 6, 1769 · Guernsey, Channel Islands
Born at St Peter Port on Guernsey - 1802 · Quebec City
Posted to Canada with the 49th Regiment of Foot - October 1811 · Niagara, Ontario
Became administrator and commander in Upper Canada - August 16, 1812 · Michigan Territory
Took Detroit from a larger force by bluffing, with Tecumseh - October 13, 1812 · Queenston Heights, Ontario
Shot dead leading a charge up Queenston Heights - 1824 · Queenston Heights, Ontario
Reinterred under the monument on the heights where he fell