Battle of the Lacolle Mill
Here, on 30 March 1814, Major R.B. Handcock and a British garrison of 500 men of the 13th Regiment Royal Marines, Canadian Fencibles, Voltigeurs and Indians withstood an attack by 4,000 American soldiers on the fortified mill. Daunted by their resistance, General James Wilkinson fell back to the American border, thus ending the last American invasion of Lower Canada during the War of 1812.
Marker is at the intersection of Quebec Route 223 and Quebec Route 202, on the right when traveling south on Provincial Route 223.
Courtesy hmdb.org
