Grand River Naval Depot

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

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.

[edit] See 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

[edit] References

• Canadian Historical Naval Ships and Yards
• Grand River Naval Depot