events
One thousand eight hundred Fenian raiders are repelled back to the United States after looting and plundering the Saint-Armand and Frelighsburg areas of Canada East.
Related Wikipedia articles
Fenian raids
Irish military campaign in Canada in between 1866–1871
The Fenian raids were a series of incursions carried out by the Fenian Brotherhood, an Irish republican organization based in the United States, on military fortifications, customs posts and other targets in Canada in 1866, and again from 1870 to 1871. A number of separate…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Saint-Armand, Quebec
Municipality in Quebec, Canada
Saint-Armand is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within the Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality and the Eastern Townships. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 1,248. It is located on the Canada–United States border.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Frelighsburg
Municipality in Quebec, Canada
Frelighsburg is a municipality in the Estrie region of southern Quebec, Canada, on the border with Vermont. It is at the foot of Mount Pinnacle, part of the Appalachian Mountains.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Canada East
Subdivision of the Province of Canada (1841–67)
Canada East was the northeastern portion of the Province of Canada. Lord Durham's Report investigating the causes of the Upper and Lower Canada Rebellions recommended merging those two colonies. The new colony, known as the Province of Canada, was created by the Act of Union…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)