Brant to the Battlefield
From Thayendanegea’s Burlington home to the War of 1812 and the first Women’s Institute
A preview of the stories
From Burlington’s lakeshore to the escarpment above Stoney Creek, this trip crosses more than a century of Ontario history. It begins with Thayendanegea, the Mohawk leader also known as Joseph Brant, and the way his home and land grant became part of Burlington’s origin story. The route then moves through French colonial ambition, lives lost on Lake Ontario, and the War of 1812 as it was fought and later remembered in this region. It ends with a farmhouse connected to the beginnings of the Women’s Institute movement.
Together, these stories ask how a shoreline became a city, how a battle entered public memory, and what changes when nearby plaques are read alongside one another. This is a one-way trip toward Stoney Creek; plan your return to Burlington separately. The exact stops and their order, clues, and visit details open as you take the trip.
