Grand River Naval Depot

Grand River Naval Depot

Grand River Naval Depot was a planned base on Lake Erie in what is now Port Maitland, Ontario

Infobox Military Structure
name= Grand River Naval Depot
location= Port Maitland, Ontario


caption=
type= Shipyard, naval base
built= planned
materials=
used= never built
controlledby= Royal Navy - never built
garrison=
commanders=
battles=

Located at the mouth of the Grand River, the naval base was to have been built as a second naval base on Lake Erie and to compliment the base at Navy Island. It was to have station 1,000 sailors and 3 frigates and was a key player in the War of 1812 and the Rush-Bagot Treaty of 1817. It was never completed and abandoned and now site of Esplanade Park.

ee also

* Royal Naval Dockyard, Halifax
* Pentanguishene Naval Yard
* Esquilmalt Royal Navy Dockyard
* Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard
* Navy Island Royal Naval Shipyard
* Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard
* Naval Shipyards, York (Upper Canada)

References

* [http://www.geocities.com/naforts/ships/ships_C.html Canadian Historical Naval Ships and Yards]
* [http://www.heronwoodent.ca/prod.php?prodID=70&catID=17 Grand River Naval Depot]


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