Lying along the border between the independent United States and the British-controlled Canadian provinces, the Great Lakes were perhaps the most remarkable geographic feature of the Northwest Frontier. Lawrence was a larger vessel than Admiral Horatio Nelson's own flagship, the HMS Victory, possibly the most famous ocean-going ship of the line in British naval history. With the Invasion of Canada, the United States opened an entirely new naval theater where they stood on more equal rigging: the Great Lakes.Īt 112 guns and weighing at more than 2,300 tons burden, the HMS St. Saved Land Browse Interactive Map View active campaignsĪt the start of the War of 1812, the United States Navy found itself completely outmatched by the many times larger Royal Navy on the open ocean, with the exception of a half-dozen heavy frigates like the USS Constitution.
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