Isaac Brock (1769-1812)
Mon, June 18 @ 10PM/7PM PT
Though General Brock was killed leading a charge at Queenston Heights in October 1812, the British eventually won the battle, sending the Americans back across the river and making Brock into a war hero and martyr.
Charles de Salaberry (1778-1829)
Mon, June 18 @ 10:30PM/7:30PM PT
A life-long military man, Charles de Salaberry used a well-trained militia force, the Voltigeurs, as well as the features of the natural landscape to defeat invading Americans in
Chateauguay, QC.
Laura Secord (1775-1868)
Fri, July 13 @ 10PM/7PM PT
After learning of American plans for an attack on a British outpost, Laura Secord travelled 30 km through rough bush to warn the British troops encamped near Thorold, ON.
John Norton (1760s-1831)
Fri, July 13 @ 10:30PM/7:30PM PT
Though John Norton was half-Scottish, half-Cherokee, he was given a Seneca title. During the War of 1812, he lead native warriors from the Six Nations and other First Nations communities to fight on the side of the British.
Enos Collins (1774-1871)
Wed, August 15 @ 10PM ET/7PM PT
Enos Collins was a Nova Scotia merchant, whose ship The Liverpool Packet became one of the most dreaded privateers on the Atlantic Coast, captured 50 American ships during the War of 1812.
Tecumseh (1768-1813)
Wed, August 15 @ 10:30PM ET/7:30PM PT
Tecumseh joined the British with the hope of preventing further American encroachment into First Nations territories. When he died near the Thames River in Upper Canada, his dream of a native territory died with him.
