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Fort Ticonderoga (/ t aɪ k ɒ n d ə ˈ r oʊ ɡ ə /), formerly Fort Carillon, is a large 18th-century star fort built by the French at a narrows near the south end of Lake Champlain in northern New York.
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 cannons and other armaments at Fort Ticonderoga were later transported to Boston by Colonel Henry Knox in the noble train of artillery and used to fortify Dorchester Heights and break the standoff at the siege of Boston. Capture of the fort marked the beginning of offensive action taken by the Americans against the British.
USGS Ticonderoga Mount Defiance is an 840 ft (260 m) high hill on the New York side of Lake Champlain , in the northeastern United States. It is notable in that the hill militarily dominates both Fort Ticonderoga and Mount Independence , but it was deemed inaccessible so never fortified.
Jul. 29—TICONDEROGA — Fort Ticonderoga is offering new opportunities for the family this summer, from the shores of Lake Champlain to the heights of Mount Defiance featuring Ticonderoga's ...
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Fort Ticonderoga is a large 18th-century fort built at a narrows near the south end of Lake Champlain in upstate New York.The site controls a river portage alongside the mouth of the rapids-infested La Chute River in the 3.5 miles (5.6 kilometres) between Lake Champlain and Lake George that was strategically important during the 18th-century colonial conflicts between Great Britain and France ...