Local authors, Cheryl MacDonald and Bob Blakeley have provided us with a factual summary of the significant role that Haldimand, Norfolk played in the War of 1812. Norfolk, Haldimand and the War of 1812 including the Six Nations.
"6 November 1814 -- AMERICANS REPELLED AT THE GRAND. Brigadier-General Duncan McArthur's plan to march on Burlington Heights was thwarted today at the Grand River. For some time, 1500 volunteers and a handful of Indians under McArthur have been burning and pillaging the countryside. Today they were met by 225 British regulars, 150 militia and 400 Grand River warriors near the Mohawk village, who fired upon them from the east side of the river. McArthur ordered his men to retreat, then sent word to his superiors that the river was impossible to cross because of high water." Norfolk, Haldimand and the War of 1812, Cheryl MacDonald, Bob Blakeley, Heronwood Enterprises, 2010. Available at The Neat Little Bookshop $15.
