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History

Navy Island was settled by the Lamoka people in approximately 2000 BC and Meadowood culture peoples in 1000 BC.

During the French colonization of New France, Navy Island was known as Ile de la Marina. Here the French built four ships that they used to service the Great Lakes. When New France was given to the British, they set up a shipyard here. In the War of 1812, they would also station a detachment on the island.

In 1837, William Lyon Mackenzie and about 200 hundred of his supporters captured the island and proclaimed the Republic of Canada there. On January 11, 1838, the rebels were forced from the island and retreated across the river into the United States.

In 1875, the Queens Hotel was established as a popular summer resort on the island. It was destroyed by fire in 1910Events January events January 13 The first live musical radio program. Lee De Forest broadcasts a live performance of Enrico Caruso from the Metropolitan Opera. January 26 ? Seine floods in Paris. February events February 8 The Boy Scouts of America is in. The federal government has leased the island to the Niagara Parks Commission since 1936Events January-February January 15 The first building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio, for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company. January 20 Death of George V of the United Kingdom. His son Edward VIII succeedes him as King of th.