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Death at Snake Hill; Secrets from a War of 1812 Cemetery (Ontario Heritage Foundation Local History, No 3)

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Late in 1987, developers building homes near Fort Erie, Ontario were uncovering what appeared to be human remain; although the attempt was made to cover up the matter, an anonymous tip to local media initiated a series of events that resulted in one of the province's most sensational archeological digs.

It turned out that the remains were those of soldiers from the War of 1812, more specifically from 1814 when the Americans and undertaken another invasion of Upper Canada, and had established an extended fortified zone running from Fort Erie down to Snake Hill.

This book is esentially deals with the events surround the archeological dig--conducted by Ron Williamson of ASI--and a historical overview of the events of 1814. Death at Snake Hill is meant for a general readership; the scientific report of the dig was published as: Snake Hill: An Investigation of a Military Cemetery from the War of 1812, which was published by Dundurn in 1991.