It was founded in 1793 by Ezekiel Lewis, an English Loyalist supporter who settled in Lower Canada 6 years after the American Revolution, and was named after the famous battle in which Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated.
It was founded in 1793 by Ezekiel Lewis. Ezekiel Lewis was an English Loyalist supporter. This English Loyalist supporter settled in Lower Canada 6 years after the American Revolution. This English Loyalist supporter was named after the famous battle in which Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated.