The Battle of Chippawa, fought on July 5, 1814, was the opening engagement of the Niagara campaign of 1814 — the longest and bloodiest military operation of the War of 1812. Retrace the events of the Battle of Chippawa in a self-guided walking tour with storyboards of this preserved battlefield covering 121-hectates (300-acres). Niagara River Parkway at Edgworth Road.