![]() The rumbles of war were heard in distant Aboriginal communities across the land and western fur traders hungered for news of American invasions, fearing for their enterprises in the interior of North America. Privateers plied their trade on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Naval actions took place on the Great Lakes and in the Atlantic Ocean. The land battles of the War of 1812 in British North America were concentrated along the water highways, on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain, and along the St Lawrence, Niagara, Detroit and Richelieu Rivers. A badly outnumbered force of British regular army and navy personnel, provincial militia and First Nations allies foiled these attempts over three years of war. The Americans planned to annex Upper Canada (Ontario) and all territory to the west. ![]() The British North American provinces in what is now Canada would become a hotly contested battleground. On June 18th, 1812 the fledgling United States of America declared war on the British Empire. ![]()
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