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A 1777 map depicting Lake Champlain and the upper Hudson River. In 1755, following the Battle of Lake George, the French decided to construct a fort here. Marquis de Vaudreuil, the governor of the French Province of Canada, sent his cousin Michel Chartier de Lotbinière to design and construct a fortification at this militarily important site, which the French called Fort Carillon. [9]
Ticonderoga (/ t aɪ k ɒ n d ə ˈ r oʊ ɡ ə /) is a town in Essex County, New York, United States.The population was 5,042 at the 2010 census. [3] The name comes from the Mohawk tekontaró:ken, meaning "it is at the junction of two waterways".
Ticonderoga class, a variant of the US Navy Essex-class aircraft carrier; Ticonderoga-class cruiser; Ticonderoga; Ticonderoga, a museum ship belonging to the Shelburne Museum, formerly operated on Lake Champlain; Ticonderoga II, formerly of the Lake George Steamboat Company; Ticonderoga, a 72-foot ketch, built in 1936
Fort Carillon, presently known as Fort Ticonderoga, was constructed by Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, Governor of New France, to protect Lake Champlain from a British invasion. Situated on the lake some 15 miles (24 km) south of Fort Saint-Frédéric , it was built to prevent an attack on Canada and slow the advance of the enemy long enough for ...
The capture of Fort Ticonderoga occurred during the American Revolutionary War on May 10, 1775, when a small force of Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold surprised and captured the fort's small British garrison.
The Battle of Carillon, also known as the 1758 Battle of Ticonderoga, [4] was fought on July 8, 1758, during the French and Indian War (which was part of the global Seven Years' War). It was fought near Fort Carillon (now known as Fort Ticonderoga ) on the shore of Lake Champlain in the frontier area between the British colony of New York and ...
The siege of Fort Ticonderoga occurred between 2 July and 6 July 1777 at Fort Ticonderoga, near the southern end of Lake Champlain in the state of New York. Lieutenant General John Burgoyne 's 8,000-man army occupied high ground above the fort, and nearly surrounded the defenses.
Ticonderoga (/ t aɪ k ɒ n d ə ˈ r oʊ ɡ ə /) is a hamlet in the southeast part of the town of Ticonderoga, in Essex County, New York, United States.The name is derived from the Haudenosaunee term for "between the two waters", the two waters being Lake George and Lake Champlain.