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THE question with which I purpose to deal in the following pages is one having a wide scope. It is very far from my intention to assert that all the old battlefields and historic sites of Canada are in a state of ruin. In fact quite a number of the old fortresses are in a fine state of preservation to-day, some of them having been carefully restored. Upon glancing through the list, however, I find that there are many of them, the oldest forts particularly, which are sadly in need of some attention ere it be too late. Those which have been restored and are in a good state of preservation are connected with the wars of 1812 and the Fenian raids. For example, in Ontario, Lundy's Lane, near Niagara Falls, where perhaps the most bloody engagement in the war of 1812–14 was fought, is in a first-class state of preservation. A monument has been raised by a local historical society, aided by the Department of Militia, and the grounds of the old fort are in a really commendable state. At Chrysler's Farm, in the county of Dundas, a monument has also been built by the Historical Society, aided by the Department of Militia and Defence. The site of the battleground of Stony Creek, at Hamilton, now called the Gage Homestead, where such signal success was obtained by the Canadians, under Col. Harvey, has been purchased by the ladies of Hamilton. It is intended to have monuments erected on that battleground as well as on the Burlington Heights overlooking Hamilton. In fact, the people of Hamilton are going