Produced by James Wright and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net (This book was created from images of public domain material made available by the University of Toronto Libraries (http://link.library.utoronto.ca/booksonline/).) [Illustration: MAJOR-GENERAL BROCK. (_From miniature painting by J. Hudson._) Copyrighted in the U. S. A. and Canada. --From Nursey's "Story of Isaac Brock" (Briggs).] BROCK CENTENARY 1812-1912 ACCOUNT OF THE CELEBRATION AT QUEENSTON HEIGHTS, ONTARIO, ON THE 12th OCTOBER, 1912 ALEXANDER FRASER, LL.D. Editor TORONTO PRINTED AND PUBLISHED FOR THE COMMITTEE BY WILLIAM BRIGGS 1913 DEDICATED TO THE DESCENDANTS OF THE DEFENDERS Copyright, Canada, 1913, by ALEXANDER FRASER PREFATORY NOTE The object of this publication is to preserve an account of the Celebration, at Queenston Heights, of the Brock Centenary, in a more convenient and permanent form than that afforded by the reports (admirable as they are) in the local newspapers. Celebrations were held in several places in Ontario, notably at St. Thomas, where Dr. J. H. Coyne delivered a fervently patriotic address. Had reports of these been available, extended reference would have been gladly and properly accorded to them in this book. Considerable effort, involving delay in publication, was made to secure the name of every person who attended at Queenston Heights in a representative capacity, and the list is probably complete. For valuable assistance acknowledgment is due to Colonel Ryerson, Chairman of the General and Executive Committees; to Miss Helen M. Merrill, Honorary Secretary, and to Mr. Angus Claude Macdonell, K.C., M.P., Toronto. Also to Mr. Walter R. Nursey, for the use of the pictures of General Brock, Col. Macdonell, and Brock's Monument, from his interesting work: "The Story of Brock," in the Canadian Heroes Series; and to the Ontario Archives, Toronto, for the use of the picture of the first monument erected to Brock on Queenston Heights. ALEXANDER FRASER. [Illustration: From a Silhouette in possession of John Alexander Macdonnell, K.C., Alexandria. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JOHN MACDONELL. Provincial Aide-de-Camp to Major-General Sir Isaac Brock; M.P. for Glengarry; Attorney-General of Upper Canada. --From Nursey's "Story of Isaac Brock" (Briggs).] CONTENTS PAGE Prefatory Note 3