U.E. Loyalist History

During the American Revolution, Halifax played a vital role. The location made it important to the British navy and military. Author Thomas H. Raddall called it the Warden of the North .   In the Halifax Regional Municipality, outside a Ferry terminal, is a monument to the United Empire Loyalists who came to the area in 1783.  Monument Outside Dartmouth Ferry Terminal   The monument was placed in 1983 by the Dartmouth Heritage Museum.  It was the bicentennial anniversary of the arrival of United Empire Loyalists who were evacuated from New York in 1783. The  King's College Library   has a fascinating collection of porcelain and pottery which originaly belonging to Loyalists including a dish and plate of Brigadier - General Timothy Ruggles and pitcher of Major Samuel Vetch Bayard. On the waterfront in Halifax is the   Samuel Cunard Statue .  Sir Samuel Cunard was the son of a United Empire Loyalist. His father, Abraham Cunard, ...

The best known United Empire Loyalist site in Canada is the United Empire Loyalist (UEL) Heritage Centre and Park in  Adolphustown  , Ontario  located on the Adolphus Reach of the Bay of Quinte, and now part of the larger town of Greater Napanee in Lennox & Addington County.   It includes a 72 acre park commemorating the arrival of the Loyalists in 1784 and features the first Loyalist landing site, the first Loyalist cemetery, the oldest monument to the Loyalists in Canada, and a museum with an archives.                      U.E.L. Heritage Centre A group of about 250 United Empire Loyalists led by Major Peter Van Alstine landed at Adolphustown on 16 June 1784.  The group first sailed from New York in the fall of 1783 and spent the winter at  Sorel  , Quebec.  In the spring, they continued up the St. Lawrence River to the Bay of Quinte and founded the first permanent white settlement ...