Nanticoke
In French: Centrale thermique de Nanticoke
38 Rainham Road, Caledonia
About Nanticoke
National Historic Site status goes to 2 places in Caledonia, Nanticoke among them. The register gives 1813 for Nanticoke.
Nanticoke National Historic Site of Canada is located on the banks of Lake Erie in Walpole Township, Ontario. It marks the location of a skirmish that occurred in November 1813 between a volunteer militia of local farmers and a group of American marauders who were pillaging district farms. There are no extant remains of the battle at Nanticoke on the site, which is currently occupied by the Nanticoke Generating Station. Official recognition refers to the former property of John Dunham at the time of designation in 1924.
From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Nanticoke National Historic Site of Canada · Open Government Licence – Canada · quoted as the register has it
National Historic Sites are places the Minister of Environment designates, on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board, for their national significance.
Finding Nanticoke
Caledonia
No other historic place stands within a short walk; the town’s others are farther afield.
Questions about Nanticoke
What is Nanticoke?
Nanticoke became a National Historic Site in 1924.
Can you visit Nanticoke?
The outside is easy to see; inside, it depends on the owner’s rules.
Is Nanticoke protected?
The designation recognizes its national significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Provincial or municipal designation may.
When was Nanticoke built?
The record of Nanticoke gives 1813.
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