Canadian Exiles Memorial

Monument to the 92 members of the American Patriot Army fighting in Canada who were captured and exiled to Tasmania.

This unassuming monument is located near the bottom walkway in Princes Park and was unveiled by the Canadian High Commissioner in 1995. The monument is to the 92 men, who were mostly American citiz...

The final chapter

A few years ago, a Canadian told me a story about how a group of Americans citizens together with some Canadians formed the Patriot Army and invaded Canada, in an ill-fated attempt to spread the messa...

Let us free Canada!

This monument honors the memory of the 92 exiles transported from Canada to Van Diemens Land in 1840. In the year of 1837, a Patriot army launched an invasion in Canada. He hoped that a uprising wo...