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Designated. 1971. Crown Point (also known historically as Thor's Heights or Thor's Crown) [1] [2] is a basalt promontory on the Columbia River Gorge and an associated state park in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located in eastern Multnomah County, approximately 15 miles (24 km) east of Portland. Crown Point is one of the scenic lookouts along ...
Crown Point, New York. / 43.95028°N 73.48361°W / 43.95028; -73.48361. Crown Point is a town in Essex County, New York, United States, located on the west shore of Lake Champlain. The population was 2,024 at the 2010 census. [3] The name of the town is a direct translation of the original French name, Pointe à la Chevelure .
Vista House. / 45.539579°N 122.244401°W / 45.539579; -122.244401. Vista House is a museum at Crown Point in Multnomah County, Oregon, that also serves as a memorial to Oregon pioneers and as a comfort station for travelers on the Historic Columbia River Highway. The site, situated on a rocky promontory, is 733 feet (223 m) above the ...
The point of land on the East River now called Corlears Hook was also called Corlaers Hook under Dutch and British rule and briefly Crown Point during British occupation in the Revolution. It was named after the schoolmaster Jacobus van Corlaer, who settled on this "plantation" that in 1638 was called by a Europeanized version of its Lenape ...
Crown Point Courthouse Square Historic District. / 41.41694°N 87.36556°W / 41.41694; -87.36556. Crown Point Courthouse Square Historic District is a historic district in Crown Point, Indiana, that dates back to 1873. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. Its boundaries were changed in 2005, and it was ...
June 23, 1980. Fort Crown Point was built by the combined efforts of both British and provincial troops (from New York and the New England Colonies) in North America in 1759 at a narrows on Lake Champlain on what later became the border between New York and Vermont. Erected to secure the region against the French, the fort is in upstate New ...
Ruins of Fort Crown Point. Crown Point State Historic Site is the site of a former military stronghold at the south end of the wider part of Lake Champlain. The location is in Essex County, New York, United States. The site is on a peninsula in the town of Crown Point, New York . Crown Point is the location of the 1734–1759 French-built Fort ...
Crown Point Green Historic District is a national historic district located at Crown Point, Essex County, New York. It encompasses 13 contributing buildings , 3 contributing sites, and 1 contributing structure centered on Crown Point hamlet's green and the domestic, religious, commercial and civic properties adjacent to it.