 In early January 1814, some crew volunteered to reinforce the squadron on the Great Lakes, together with men from "Fantome" and "Manly".Seventy men left Halifax; they reached Kingston, Ontario on 22 March, having traveled some 900 miles in winter, almost entirely on foot.Mathew Abdy, Master of HMS Thistle was one such volunteer, but he died of exposure in Woodstock, New Brunswick in February 1814, and is buried there.