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Photo taken from the river bank, Tip your screen,
adjust contrast, etc you can just make out a burial mound.
i.e. mound of dirt covering bodies of soldiers
killed in the battle. History says there were two mounds.
One for each side.
The mound was simply the excess dirt left from after
the burials were covered.
Photo taken in 1909 approximately.
History tells us there was a mound of earth
somewhere closer to Thamesville where the
native fighters were interred.
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Note outline that points out the position of the
possible Grave Mound(s) for soldiers or natives.
Please see other photograph for details.
Note possible Telegraph (or Hydro or Telephone)
poles in the distance
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Photo of the river taken from the location
of one of the burial mounds of the soldiers.
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THE OLD TECUMSEH HOTEL ON THE THAMES BATTLEFIELD
NEAR MOUND WHERE THE DEAD WERE BURIED.

Old hotel located on or near the actual
battle site and burial area
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Possible very old cemetery on the battlefield site,
but IF this is a cemetery, it almost certainly has
NOTHING to do with the battle.
Seems to have burials all laid out in rows, etc.
Caution, found by dowsing and no records yet found of this.
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Possible burial trench of:
soldiers close to the monument.
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Second possible burial trench of soldiers.
Note that all of these have been found via dowsing
AND GPR and are still considered suspect.
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Looking over one possible burial trench, to the other.
Note position of monument to the
right back of photograph to show position.
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Second and larger possible
burial trench for soldiers.
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Ed McKinlay standing over larger possible
burial trench for soldiers. Note position in regards
to monument. When looking at monument
from the road these possible trenches are to the left.
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Third possible burial trench on the site.
Might this be native warriors?
THIS AREA MUST BE TREATED WITH RESPECT,
as it MIGHT be a native burial area.
Trenches seem to contain around 28 dead.
Caution, found via dowsing. Note position of monument
to the rear, middle of the photograph.
If you stand on the road looking toward the monument,
this is to the right.
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Photograph over possible
soldier's burial trenches.
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