paddling , during which passage he and his party ate only some game they shot and some fish from the lake, he spotted two American gunboats near St. Joseph Island. He concealed the batteaux and continued to Mackinac in the canoe, at one point passing only a few yards from one of the gunboats. At Mackinac, he obtained four large boats and reinforcements of marines from Lieutenant Colonel McDouall. In the early hours of 4 September, he led a successful boarding attack on the gunboat USS Tigress, which was captured after a sharp fight. Two days later, the unsuspecting USS Scorpion also fell into Worsley's hands. This secured British supremacy on Lake Huron for the remainder of the war. Later career Worsley fell ill in October with "Lake Fever", which affected many sailors on the Great Lakes during the war. He saw no further active service, although he was appointed half-pay commander on 13 July 1815. After the war, he returned to his parental home on the Isle of Wight, and married in 1820. He and his wife had at least two sons and one daughter. In 1832 he became an Inspecting Commander in the Coastguard. He left in 1834 and died the next year. Worsley Street in the City of Barrie, Ontario, is named after him. This street crosses Poyntz Street at the southeast corner of the Barrie courthouse. External links Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online 1791 births 1835 deaths Royal Navy personnel of the Napoleonic Wars Royal Navy personnel of the War of 1812 Royal Navy officers British people of the War of 1812 British military personnel of the War of 1812