War of 1812 hero Chief Tecumseh is the subject of the Dieleman family’s corn maze near Thamesville. The attraction opened to the public on Labor Day.
THAMESVILLE, ON—Ken and Ingrid Dieleman are honoring a War of 1812 hero with their Corn Maze. Chief Tecumseh is being remembered in the popular Thamesville, Ontario corn maze.
A full-body image of the Shawnee leader, who died during the Battle of the Thames on October 5, 1813, stretches the length of the maze.
“Last year we did the (bicentennial) logo,” said Ingrid Dieleman, who runs the popular Thamesville corn maze with her husband Ken and children, “this year it’s Chief Tecumseh and next year we’ll hopefully be able to tie the maze into the (Battle of the Thames) celebrations.”
This year Canada is celebrating the bicentennial of the War of 1812. The war, which began June 18, 1812, when the U.S. declared war on Great Britain and its British North American colonies.
Tecumseh joined the British troops to fight the Americans. He led more than 2,000 warriors at the sieges of Fort Meigs and Fort Stephenson. Tecumseh fought his last battle, the Battle of the Thames, in the place that is now Chatham, Ontario.
