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Capital in Flames: The American Attack on York, 1813 2SLGBTQ+ or bon vivantsThe city of Toronto was the frontier town of York in 1813 when it suffered its most traumatic day. Though it was the capital of Upper Canada, York had weak defences, and when military leaders made it the central depot and naval dockyard on the Great Lakes early in the War of 1812, they essentially painted a bull's eye on the town and its 700 residents. In April 1813 a squadron of warships under U. S. Commodore Isaac Chauncey landed about 1,800