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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 (/ 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]
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.
Ticonderoga Municipal Airport (FAA LID: 4B6) is a public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northeast of Ticonderoga, a hamlet in the Town of Ticonderoga, Essex County, New York, United States. [1] The airport is owned by the Town of Ticonderoga. [1]
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.
H. G. Burleigh House is a historic home located at Ticonderoga in Essex County, New York. The home was originally owned by U.S. Congressman Henry G. Burleigh, [2] and was built in 1894 and enlarged in 1905. It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, irregularly massed stone and concrete veneer Queen Anne–style building with Colonial Revival features.