1812 War commemoration

Our summer cruising adventures continued through August. The weather has been absolutely great, sunny, hot, and with barely one thunderstorms to trouble this idyllic weather.  We attended another 1812 War commemoration at Gananoque in the Thousant Islands region. Many are wondering why this war is the object of so many celebrations? Well, Canadians like to remind themselves and others that the country is NOT the USA and has actually been able to stand up to their power. The 1812 war is the celebration of the successful fight by British, English- and French-Canadian and First Nations allies to resist would-be American conquerors — at battles such as Queenston Heights in Upper Canada and Chateauguay in Lower Canada — set the stage for the creation of a unified and independent Canada a half-century later.
As usual, we came from Beaurivage Island to the Gananoque Joel Stone park by dinghy.  There were areas reserved for "gunboats" that were later going to be actors in the recreation of the battle between American and British ships and troops.

Why not celebrate the victory? We hoisted all our little flags - of all the countries visited since 1999 -and toasted to the now friendlier relations between our nations.