Route 1812 ~ Co-ordinating Efforts … Obstacles & Overcoming Them …

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Route 1812 ~ Co-ordinating Efforts … Obstacles & Overcoming Them …

Route 1812 was an enormous coordinated effort. The Western Corridor Alliance made up of 16 municipalities and Counties, set up a working group. This group consisted of 15 people, both historians and curators. The 15 people represented areas along the route, so each person (usually in pairs) were responsible for their area, determining the route and sites to list. The group members then went back to their communities and asked their local historians and elders for the information and stories about the activities of the War of 1812. As many of the members of the committee were historians themselves, much of the research was their own. It all came together to create a comprehensive history of this area of Upper Canada.

At the same time that the WCA’s working group was developing Route 1812, a class of Canadian History students at Western University were tasked with doing the same for the Tecumseh Parkway in the Southwest 1812 region, which includes the Chatam-Kent and Windsor-Essex Counties. Find the routes, locate the sites, tell the stories and find images when possible. Then the 2 1812 regions joined forces and combined the trails to complete Route 1812 throughout Southern Ontario. Join us next Blog for Keeping Sponsors “happy”! … Funding … Stay tuned for more news …