Episode 2 of 2

Capture of American Gunboats

When: First week of September 1814
Where: Lake Huron
Part of: Event of 1814: To 1814-09-06, War of 1812 – Engagements on Lake Huron result in British victory

Royal Navy sailors and Mackinac soldiers captured two American gunboats by surprise in September 1814, securing British control of Lake Huron.

Accounts vary on whether the gunboats were forced back by storms or left to capture fur trade vessels. In the first week of September, a party of Royal Navy sailors and soldiers from the Mackinac garrison captured both gunboats by surprise. This left the British in control of the lake until the end of the war.

Sources

Engagements on Lake Huron Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22

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