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  2. Carleton Island - Wikipedia

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    Carleton Island is located in the St Lawrence River in upstate New York. One of the Thousand Islands, ... Fort Haldimand, initially called Fort Carleton, [11] ...

  3. Villa site plan brings to light centuries-old history of ...

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    Fort site, the North Bay shipwreck site of the HMS Haldiman (a 150-ton British snow schooner built in 1771), the Carleton Island Provincial Marine Wharf, the fort military burial ground and the ...

  4. Public hearings are Monday for proposed campground ...

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    The area of the proposed campground is just downhill of the remains of Fort Haldimand, where there was once a robust shipbuilding operation. ... or what is known as the bluffs of Carleton Island ...

  5. Thousand Islands - Wikipedia

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    Adjacent to Wolfe Island but part of New York is Carleton Island, the site of a ruined fort, Fort Haldimand, built in 1779 by the British during the American Revolutionary War. The island was captured by three American soldiers during the War of 1812 and remains part of the United States.

  6. John Nairne - Wikipedia

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    During his military career, Nairne fought at Montreal, Quebec and Île aux Noix,a small island located on the Richelieu River, near to Lake Champlain. He would also supervise the building of Fort Haldimand on Carleton Island which was occupied during the American Revolution. The ruins of this fort still exist today and can be visited.

  7. Carleton Island Villa's new owner maps out early plans for ...

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    Aug. 1—CAPE VINCENT — There's a renaissance in the works for the Carleton Island Villa, spearheaded by the historic home's new owner. During a meeting of the Cape Vincent Local Development ...

  8. John Ross (British Army officer, died 1809) - Wikipedia

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    John Ross (1744–1809) was a British Army officer in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution.He is best known for commanding a mixed force of approximately 600 [1] (some sources say 1750 [2]) regulars, Loyalists, and Indians in a raid into upstate New York on October 24, 1781 that culminated in the Battle of Johnstown, one of the last battles in the northern theater of the ...

  9. Public packs hearing in opposition of Carleton Island ... - AOL

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    Spencer Busler, assistant director of the Thousand Islands Land Trust, which owns the Fort Haldimand Preserve, is requesting a 60-day adjournment on the hearing due to shoreline easements.