Despite their strategic location on the American border, the townships of Lower Canada have been largely ignored in studies of the War of 1812 and the Rebellions of 1837-38. Originally settled by ...

The first gunshots of rebellion were fired on November 23, 1837 at Saint-Denis, in the Richelieu Valley. On November 23, 1837, 300 British soldiers confronted 800 Patriotes at St. Denis at the ...