Photograph
Sketch of Fort Shelby
| Fort Shelby, built by the Americans during the War of 1812. In 1814 the fort surrendered to British forces led by Captain Andrew W. Bulger who renamed it Fort MacKay. Before vacating the post at the end of the war, the British burned the fort. In 1816 the Americans built the first Fort Crawford on approximately the same site. This sketch appears on a document in Bulger's papers in the Public Archives of Canada. |
| Image ID: | 42230 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1814 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Prairie du Chien |
| County: | Crawford |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Wisconsin place file, circa 1850s-circa 1950s |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PF Prairie du Chien.110 |
| Original Dimensions: | 10 x 8 inches |
| This drawing is from the papers of Capt. Bulger, the British commander who destroyed Fort McKay. The original is in the Public Archives of Canada at Ottawa. |
| Plants |
| Fortification |
| Military bases |
| War of 1812 (United States : 1812-1815) |
| Flags |
| Canoes and canoeing |
| Rivers |
| Shorelines |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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