Engagements on Lake Ontario

Engagements on Lake Ontario
Part of the War of 1812
Governor Simcoe pursued by American ships off Kingston, Upper Canada
Location Lake Ontario Result Indecisive
Belligerents
United Kingdom	United States
Commanders and leaders
James Lucas Yeo	Isaac Chauncey
Strength
1 first rate ship of the line 2 frigates 6 sloops and brigs 4 schooners and gunboats	2 frigates 6 sloops and brigs 12 schooners and gunboats
Casualties and losses
1 sloop destroyed 2 brigs destroyed 1 brig captured[a]	1 brig destroyed 2 schooners sunk 2 schooners captured[a]

The Engagements on Lake Ontario encompass the prolonged naval contest for control of the lake during the War of 1812. Few actions were fought, none of which had decisive results. The contest essentially became a naval building race, sometimes referred to sarcastically as the "Battle of the Carpenters."
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