The island Navy is an small island on the Rivière the Niagara in the province of Ontario, with the Canada. It is currently managed by the the Niagara Parks Commission. It is located at envion 4.5 km upstream of the Horseshoe Falls, and has a surface of approximately 1,2 km ².

History

Navy Island was populated by the Indian tribes Lamoka around 2000 av. J-C and Meadowood towards 1000 av. J-C.

During the French colonization of the News-France, Navy Island took the name of Île of the Marina . The French built four ships used there thereafter to serve the Big lakes. When the British recovered News-France, following the Traité of Paris (1763), they established a Shipyard there. At the time of the War of 1812, they stationed a detachment on the island.

In 1837, William Lyon Mackenzie and approximately 200 of its partisans took the island by the force and proclaimed the République of Canada. The January 11th 1838, the rebels were forced to leave the island and fled with the the United States, while crossing the river.

In 1875, the Hotel Queens was built in the south of the island, and became a popular holiday place in summer. It was destroyed by a fire in 1910. The federal government with entrusted the island to the commission of the parks of the Niagara since 1936, so that it makes sure of its safeguarding.

Navy Island was proposed to be the new world Capital of Peace, and to accommodate the district-general of the the United Nations, by an international committee in 1945 and 1946. The island was regarded as an ideal site since it was at the border between two peaceful countries. It was proposed that Navy Island is yielded to the the United Nations, as long as the general headquarter would be located there. Finally the proposal was disallowed in favor of the current site of the Siège of the United Nations to New York City.

External bonds

• Navy Island
• Navy Island on Google Map