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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. The hamlet became a census-designated place (CDP) in 2008. [3]
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". [4] The Town of Ticonderoga is in the southeastern corner of the county and is south of Plattsburgh.
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
Community Building is a historic town hall located at Ticonderoga in Essex County, New York. It was built in 1927 and is a large two story, five bay neo-Georgian style ashlar granite building with a central bowed portico. The portico has four Ionic order columns and two engaged pilasters.
Mount Independence, elevation 306 feet (93 m), is located in northwest Orwell, overlooking Lake Champlain and the town of Ticonderoga. According to the United States Census Bureau , Orwell has a total area of 49.7 square miles (128.6 km 2 ), of which 47.2 square miles (122.2 km 2 ) is land and 2.5 square miles (6.5 km 2 ), or 5.02%, is water.
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.
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 Pulp and Paper Company Office is a historic office building located at Ticonderoga in Essex County, New York.It was built in 1888 and is a rectangular, two story structure of brick laid in common bond with a rectangular brick addition built about 1910.