Following a clash between William Lyon Mackenzie and an Upper Canada government militia north of Toronto , the rebel leader took his forces to Navy Island on the Niagara River to form a provisional government .
Creighton was involved in suppressing the uprising of the Rebellion of 1837 .
Following a clash between William Lyon Mackenzie and an Upper Canada government militia north of Toronto , the rebel leader took Creighton 's forces to Navy Island on the Niagara River to form a provisional government .
Creighton was involved in suppressing the uprising of the Rebellion of 1837 .