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Lundy's Lane

American  
[luhn-deez] / ˈlʌn diz /

noun

  1. a road near Niagara Falls, in Ontario, Canada: battle between the British and Americans in 1814.


Lundy's Lane British  
/ ˈlʌndɪz /

noun

  1. the site, near Niagara Falls, of a major battle (1814) in the War of 1812, in which British and Canadian forces defeated the Americans

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Southern gentry traveled up to see the battlefield of Lundy's Lane and to summer by the mint-cool falls.

From Time Magazine Archive

They are called things like Lundy’s Lane and The Maple Leaf Tavern, and they’re all dark, even in daytime, because they aren’t allowed to have windows you can see in through from the street.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

At six o'clock of that memorable night, when Drummond's forces met Riall's at the junction of Queenston Road and Lundy's Lane, they were retreating before the superior force of the enemy.

From In the Van; or, The Builders by Price-Brown, John

Having satisfied my curiosity, I ascended the tedious staircase, and proceeded, conducted by a guide, to the spot on which was fought the memorable battle of Lundy's Lane, distant a short half mile.

From Notes on a Tour Through the Western part of The State of New York by Anonymous

His son, Colonel Richard Leonard of the 104th Regiment of the British army and Sheriff of the District of Niagara, died at Lundy's Lane in 1833.

From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by Stark, James H.

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