The Battle of Queenston Heights on October 13, 1812 served as an extraordinary expression of historic alliances that extended back generations and marked an essential moment in the emergence of an underdeveloped country whose borders and character were being tested and defined. The leadership and actions of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock and General Roger Hale Sheaffe on the battlefield and in diplomacy are well known to history.
Largely unknown, however, is the significant role that Six Nations and Native allies played in supporting their British and Canadian compatriots at Queenston Heights and throughout the War of 1812.
The Landscape of Nations monument was officially unveiled on October 2nd 2016.
The ceremonial Memory Circle at the center of the memorial features eight limestone walls excavated from the nearby Queenston Quarry. Comprised almost entirely of marine sediments of the crinoid, an ancient sea creature, the limestone began to solidify under pressure some 400 million years ago.
Start at GZ to explore the plaques and monument and end at the White Pine Peace tree under which a war tomahawk was figuratively “buried".
Take the cache coordinates and apply the math, N 43 09.574 (+ X) W 079 03.212 (+Y).
X = A + B - C
Y = D + (E x F)
Sum of new last three digits coords of N is 14 and W is 10.
A = The turtle symbol on the ground consist of how many stones? (sum is 7)
B = Subtract the two most significant years, related to the monument, from each other.
C = How many feathers are there,yes all of them, on John Brant's head? (sum is 3)
D = Convert the first letter of the word on John Norton's musket/rifle to the number in the alphabet.(sum is 2)
E = How many decorative tassels are there on John Brant's pouch?(sum is 6)
F = How many symbols (no writing ones) are there on the metal White Pine Peace tree ring?
This cache is approved by the Niagara Parks Commission.