The funeral pyre was said to have been located where the parking lot of the Presbyterian Church now sits. The Battle of Lundy's Lane was the bloodiest battle of the War of 1812 fought in Canada. The Battle was fought primarily in the dark with musket flashes providing the only light, so casualties were heavy on both sides. The Battle of Lundy's Lane is often called the "fiercest and bloodiest battle" of the War of 1812 -- 876 British soldiers, and 861 American soldiers, killed, wounded or captured. A scene of carnage greeted the British soldiers on the morning after the battle: dead horses and the bodies of both American and British soldiers were piled on the battlefield. Too numerous for a conventional burial, the fallen American soldiers were burned in a funeral pyre.

The funeral pyre was said to have been located where the parking lot of the Presbyterian Church now sits. Prior to the parking lot being paved it was said that nothing would ever grow in this spot.

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