Pivotal Moments On A Continent

The climax of the French and Indian War would be at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, outside Quebec City, a British victory that would lead to the end of the New France era.

The pathway is lined with video screens with re-enactors on either side.
 

A large scale map of Quebec City as it was along the St. Lawrence at the time of the battle is on the wall.

Below it is a scale model of the Plains, with details on displays below that on the mistakes and moves of the two opposing generals, Wolfe and Montcalm, that led to the British victory.

The British won the war, but events would proceed in their colonies along the Atlantic seaboard that would lead to the American Revolution. The 13 colonies were divided, with some residents remaining loyal to the crown, while many others took to the cause of independence. Among the former was a band called Butler's Rangers, led by the Loyalist John Butler.

This is a Loyalist uniform.

Following the Revolution, many of those Loyalists would call Canada home.

They included Hannah Ingraham, who left New York with her family and settled in Canada.

And they also included Richard Pierpoint. Sold into slavery in America, he joined Butler's Rangers during the Revolution, settling in what is today Ontario after the war, and later fighting in the War of 1812.