War of 1812 Naval Memorial Garden

Also known as the Hamilton & Scourge Naval Memorial Garden, this memorial garden is located in Confederation Park. It is a symbolic cemetery, with the regular headstones, for the 53 persons on board the American ships Hamilton and Scourge, who capsized in a storm on August 8, 1813.

WAR OF 1812 NAVAL MEMORIAL GARDEN
We honour here fifty-three sailors who lost their lives when their ships, HAMILTON and SCOURGE, capsized during a storm in the early morning hours of Sunday, 8th August 1813. These two armed merchant schooners lie in 90 meters of water, 30 kilometers northeast of this site, intact and perfectly preserved with their guns and equipment still in place. A replica of the foremast of SCOURGE is flanked by fifty-three markers similar to those in Allied military cemeteries throughout the world.

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Findagrave/Stephen Adams