Engagements on Lake Huron

Engagements on Lake Huron
Part of the War of 1812
Date 13 August – 6 September 1814 Location Lake Huron, British Canada Result British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom	United States
Commanders and leaders
Miller Worsley Andrew Bulger	Arthur Sinclair George Croghan Daniel Turner
Casualties and losses
3 killed, 9 wounded, 1 schooner destroyed 3 guns captured	6 killed, 6 wounded, 2 gunboats captured

The series of Engagements on Lake Huron left the British in control of the lake and their Native American allies in control of the Old Northwest for the latter stages of the War of 1812.

An American force which had failed to recapture the vital outpost at Fort Mackinac in August 1814 attempted to starve its garrison into surrender by destroying the schooner Nancy which carried supplies to Mackinac from the Nottawasaga River and then blockading the island with two gunboats. A party of sailors of the Royal Navy and soldiers from the garrison of Mackinac captured both gunboats by surprise in the first week of September, leaving the British in control of the lake until the end of the war.