Gananoque

Gananoque is a town inside the Leeds and Grenville area of Ontario, Canada. The town had a populace of five,194 12 months-spherical residents inside the Canada 2011 Census, as well as summer time citizens now and again referred to as "Islanders" due to the Thousand Islands in the Saint Lawrence River, Gananoque's most vital visitor appeal. The Gananoque River flows via the city and the St. Lawrence River serves as the southern boundary of the city. Colonel Joel Stone, who served with Loyalist militia during the American Revolutionary War, installed a settlement on this web site in 1789.

Land changed into granted to Col. Stone to be used as a mill web site.During the War of 1812, American forces raided the authorities depot in the city to disrupt the float of British components between Kingston and Montreal. The stores seized consisted of half of an ox, some straw ticks, and some blankets. The raiders seized the supplies they found and burned the depot. Within a month of the raid, production of the Gananoque Blockhouse was commenced, with finishing touch in 1813. It had an octagonal log parapet containing 5 guns. The blockhouse turned into abandoned after the War of 1812 and given to a personal landowner.