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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.
Detail of a 1758 map showing the fort's layout. 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.
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]
The New York portion of the cross-state Route 74 west of Ticonderoga was designated as part of NY 73 in the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, while the Vermont section carried several different designations from the 1920s to the late 1930s, when it became solely part of Vermont Route F-9.
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.
Lake George Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located at Ticonderoga, in Essex County, New York.The district contains 20 contributing buildings on 14 properties; 12 houses and eight garages.
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Essex County, New York, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) can be seen in a map by clicking on "Map of all ...
The siege of Fort Ticonderoga occurred between 2 July and 6 July 1777 at Fort Ticonderoga, near the southern end of Lake Champlain in the state of New York. Lieutenant General John Burgoyne 's 8,000-man army occupied high ground above the fort, and nearly surrounded the defenses.