Drive past Upper Canada Village to the Crysler’s Farm pavilion further southwest in the park. When Google Maps says "you have arrived", continue south towars the monument on the hill. The plaque is in front of the bunker-like building at the base of that hill.
Commemoration
In November, 1813, an American army of some 8000 men commanded by Major-General James Wilkinson, moved down the St. Lawrence on route to Montreal. Wilkinson was followed and harassed by a British corps of observation consisting of about 8000 regulars, militia and Indians commanded by Liet-Col. Joseph Morrison. On November 11, Morrison’s force established in a defensive position on John Crysler’s farm was attacked by a contingent of the American army numbering about 4000 men commanded by Brigadier-General J. P. Boyd. The hard fought engagement ended with the Americans withdrawal from the battlefield. This reverse combined with the defeat of another invading army at Chateauguay on October 26, saved Canada from conquest in 1813.
Background
Despite the wording on the plaque, the battle was not fought at this place. Crysler’s Farm was another victim of the St. Lawrence Seaway flooding and lies underwater.
The American army sought to attack Montreal from two sides. The attack from the west was stopped at Crysler’s Farm. The other, from the east, was stopped at Chateuaguay, Lower Canada (Quebec). Montreal was safe.