Sackets Harbor, New York

Jefferson County

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Sackets Harbor is a village in the United States. It lies at the mouth of the Black River into Lake Ontario, is part of the municipality of Hounsfield and Jefferson County in the State of New York, United States. Sackets Harbor has 1386 inhabitants ( 2000).

Sackets Harbor was founded in 1801 by the land owner Augustus Sackett and was up to the establishment of Watertown the most important settlement in the region. In the war of 1812 with Great Britain had Sackets Harbor as a naval base of the U.S. Navy and the center of the construction of warships under the shipbuilder Henry Eckford great strategic importance. 1812 fought the Americans from a first attack British warships in 1813 could the defenders under General Jacob Brown prevent the taking of the place by a large-scale, but half-heartedly carried out British landing operation under the command of Commodore Sir James Lucas Yeo and the Canadian Governor General Sir George Prevost. Nevertheless, it was possible for attackers to cause significant damage and significantly repel shipbuilding. The Battle of Sackets Harbor was then and is partially falsely represented to this day as a great American success. In the struggles of the American explorer and officer Zebulon Pike was killed and buried there.