Warriors and Warships by Robert D. Banks

Author:Robert D. Banks
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dundurn Press

DescriptionThis 1815 map of Kingston and the surrounding area includes depths and sightlines. The Royal Navy Hospital on Point Frederick and the earlier small hospital in Kingston are shown and identified with arrows. The offshore sightlines include the identification of the Point Frederick hospital as a sighting target, an indication that it was a prominent structure that was visible from the lake.

During the first summer while on Lake Erie, the lake service ran into trouble. On September 4, aboard HMS Confiance on the Detroit River, Lieutenant Vidal learned that eight of the crew had deserted to the United States. Presumably armed, he pursued them across the border and into the United States. He arrested them but was soon taken into custody himself. It took serious efforts on the part of Fitz Owen to secure Vidal’s release.44 Vidal’s pistols are today part of the RMC Museum collection.

Surveying during the summer months, the group spent two winters in Kingston before Fitz Owen, Vidal, and the Harrises left the survey, while Bayfield moved on with it. No longer needing the Hydrographer’s House, the building was transferred to the army in December 1818.45 Bayfield continued with the service for many years until he retired to Prince Edward Island in 1856, becoming “the surveyor of the Gulf and River St. Lawrence.”46 They all remained friends and corresponded for many years.47

Fig. 12.7: Point Frederick from the high ground north of Fort Henry. While dated 1819, the scene is thought to be from the fall of 1817 and is attributed to Henry Wolsey Bayfield.

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