THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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Lake Huron
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Lake Superior
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Lake Erie
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Lake Michigan
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Battle of Lake Erie was a major U.S. naval victory in the War of 1812, ensuring U.S. control over the lake and precluding any territorial cession to Great Britain in the peace settlement. On September 10 1813, Commandant Oliver Hazard Perry’s fleet of nine ships engaged six British warships under Capt.
Detailed explanation-2: -On September 10, 1813, American Naval forces under the command of Oliver H. Perry attacked Robert H. Barclay’s British fleet in Lake Erie. In the resulting action, Perry’s forces gained a victory and claimed supremacy over the lake, causing the British to evacuate Fort Detroit.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lake Erie is popular with sports fishermen and it boasts an extensive walleye fishery. Charter fishing boats also take tourists out to catch small mouth bass. Ice fishing is also popular on Lake Erie. Lake Erie also has its own legendary lake monster-Bessie-which is mostly likely a huge sturgeon.