Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakaingoatia ia hei koroneela i te hōia i te wā o te Upper Canada Rebellion
I whakahaua e ia te taha maui o nga ope o te hunga pono i raro i a Colonel James FitzGibbon i te Pakanga o Montgomery's Tavern. I te tuatahi i whakahe a McLean ki te Uniana o Upper me Lower Canada i te wehi ka whakahaua nga Upper Canadians e nga French Canadians. I kite ia i te kawanatanga kawenga hei morearea ki te hononga o Ingarangi me te herekore i whakaritea me te mohio ki te akomanga me te taonga o te tikanga o Ingarangi, engari i tere tana urutau ki te pono hou.