The iconic Brock’s Monument will be getting a much-needed repair job this fall to preserve its place in Canadian history.

The federal government is providing $1.1 million in funding to Parks Canada to work on the monument erected between 1853 and 1856 at Queenston Heights National Historic Site.

Topping the monument is a statue of the War of 1812 general, his right arm extended, urging his troops forward.

The present-day 56-metre-tall monument replaced an earlier structure that was built in 1824, but which was destroyed in 1840 after an explosive charge believed to have been placed there by a participant of the 1837 Rebellion.

The current monument was dedicated on Oct. 13, 1859.

It commemorates the death of Maj.-Gen. Sir Isaac Brock, the commanding officer of British forces in Upper C

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