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
| Grand River Naval Depot | |
|---|---|
| Port Maitland, Ontario | |
| Type | Shipyard, naval base |
| Built | planned |
| In use | never built |
| Controlled by | Royal Navy - never built |
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
- Naval Shipyards, York (Upper Canada)
