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	Battle of Plattsburgh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Battle of Plattsburgh also known as the Battle of Lake Champlain ended the final invasion of the Northern states during the War of 1812.
		Since the Richelieu River was at the time the only waterway connecting Lake Champlain to the ocean, trade on that lake naturally had to be through Canada.
		The victory at Plattsburgh and the victory at the Battle of Baltimore which was to come just a few days later would deny the British any advantage for territorial gains in the Treaty of Ghent.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Lake_Champlain (1320 words)

	Lake Champlain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lake Champlain, named for the French explorer Samuel de Champlain, who encountered it 1609, is a large lake in North America, mostly within the borders of the United States (states of Vermont and New York) but partially situated across the US-Canada border in Quebec.
		Lake Champlain is one of a large number of large lakes spread in an arc from Labrador through the Northern United States and into the Northwest Territories of Canada.
		The Battle of Plattsburgh also known as the Battle of Lake Champlain, fought in 1814, ended the final invasion of the Northern states during the War of 1812.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lake_Champlain (941 words)

	Lake Facts: Lake Champlain Committee
		Forested land accounts for 71% of the Lake Champlain Basin while agricultural land accounts for 18% and developed land 6% (the rest is water), but agricultural land is frequently converted to developed land.
		Lake Champlain is the 6th largest lake in the United States.
		Lake Champlain probably originated about 200 million years ago when, due to movements in the earth’s crust, a massive block of bedrock dropped down between the Adirondacks and Green Mountains.
	www.lakechamplaincommittee.org /lake/facts.html (865 words)

	War of 1812 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		They therefore looked more carefully to the lakes than to the course of the St Lawrence, and it may be added that their leaders showed an utter want of capacity for the intelligent conduct of war.
		On Lake Erie the energy of Captain Perry, aided by what appears to have been the misjudgment of Barclay, enabled him to get a superior force by the 4th of August, and on the 10th of September he fought a successful action which left the Americans masters of Lake Erie.
		His management of the war, more especially on Lake Champlain, was severely criticized, and he was threatened with a court-martial, but died before the trial came on.
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/w/wa/war_of_1812.html (4284 words)

	Encyclopedia: Battle of Santiago de Cuba
		The Battle of Santiago de Cuba, fought on 3 July 1898, was the largest naval engagement of the Spanish-American War, and resulted in the destruction of the Spanish Caribbean Squadron (also known as the Flota del Ultramar) and dashed the hopes of Spain for preventing a blockade of Cuba.
		Oquendo herself fought bravely, but was driven out of the battle by the sudden explosion in her primary 11" turret of a shell stuck in a defective breach-block mechanism.
		The Battle of Santiago de Cuba was the end of the Spanish naval presence in the New World, though this was generally not known at the time.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Santiago-de-Cuba (2298 words)

	Samuel Champlain and Lake Champlain, 1909 Champlain Tercentenary Celebration
		On this voyage Champlain was enabled to confer with the Indians as to the topography of the country, the extent and courses of its rivers, and was informed by them of the large lakes and Niagara Falls to the southwest.
		Champlain was the first white man to set foot upon the territory now comprising the State of New York, and from his description of the islands in Lake Champlain he may have visited them also.
		The Champlain valley was the scene of important military and one naval engagement during the Revolutionary War, and permission has been obtained from the War Department to raise from the waters of Lake Champlain the Royal Savage at Valcour island, the flagship of Benedict Arnold during that engagement.
	www.ulster.net /~hrmm/quad/1909champlain/appxhill.html (4736 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Battle of Lake Erie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Lake Erie, Battle of, decisive naval engagement of the War of 1812.
		The battle was fought in and around Put-in-Bay, near the western extremity of...
		Lake Erie, Battle of: painting of Commodore Perry during the battle
	encarta.msn.com /Battle_of_Lake_Erie.html (163 words)

	CG 57 Lake Champlain
		The USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) departed on a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean in 2000.
		Lake Champlain was reactivated and modernized at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., and recommissioned 19 September 1952, Capt. G.
		Lake Champlain continued to strike at the enemy until the truce was signed 27 July.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/cg-57.htm (2405 words)

	War of 1812 -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Since the (A naval battle in 1805 off the southwest coast of Spain; the French and Spanish fleets were defeated by the English under Nelson (who was mortally wounded)) Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, Britain had been the world's preeminent naval power.
		After a battle lasting three hours, the Java (Click link for more info and facts about struck her colours) struck her colours and was burned after being judged unsalvageable.
		Battle of Lake Erie and the death of Tecumseh, 1813
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wa/war_of_1812.htm (4351 words)

	From revolution to Reconstruction: Essays: The Battle of Lake Champlain: Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		From revolution to Reconstruction: Essays: The Battle of Lake Champlain: Index
		FRtR > Essays > The Battle of Lake Champlain
		The End of One Battle, the Start of Another
	odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/E/champlain/champxx.htm (29 words)

	All Points North - Lake Champlain rich in naval history
		In the Battle of Lake Champlain, the rebels fleet hid between Valcour Island and the mainland.
		To honor this and other battles that Lake Champlain served as a backdrop for, the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation has approved a request for a replica of the “Lone Sailor” statue in Washington D.C. to be put on Vermont’s waterfront.
		But Lake Champlain is not the only place that claims to be the birthplace of the navy according to Carol Greenough of the Skenesborough Museum.
	www.apnmag.com /spring_2005/navy.htm (697 words)

	Battles of the War of 1812
		The Battle of Washington, D.C. At 8:00 pm the British marched into Washington, lead by Ross, and were trying to find, in vain someone to parley with in order to establish the terms of surrender.
		The battle was only brought to an end when Jacob Brown, a commander over many of the men, ordered his entire army to withdraw.
		The men lost during the battle were mainly the result of soldiers disobeying orders given by Jackson and leaving their entrenchments to try to be heros.
	members.aol.com /jparr53328/battles1812.html (1526 words)

	Historical Introduction, 1909 Champlain Tercentenary Celebration
		Had the French followed up the discovery of Lake Champlain in 1609, and settled and permanently occupied the territory south of the 45th parallel of latitude, as effectively as did the Dutch the southeastern part of the State, the result, it is safe to say, would have been vastly different.
		The various military expeditions through the Champlain valley, and the two celebrated naval engagements on the lake, had an important bearing upon the sovereign control of that part of our National domain, and exerted a marked influence on American institutions in the formative period of their history.
		Long prior to the discovery of Lake Champlain it was the theater of the fierce and bloody encounters upon its waters of the three most powerful of the savage nations, namely, the Iroquois, the Algonquins and the Hurons.
	www.ulster.net /~hrmm/quad/1909champlain/histintro.html (1829 words)

	Putting history to work (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Battle of Plattsburgh Association announced Friday the hiring of the LA Group of Saratoga Springs to conduct a $60,000 feasibility study on the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base and Crab Island.
		It was on Sept. 11, 1814, that British naval forces were defeated by the young U.S. Navy in Lake Champlain, leading to the end of the War of 1812 a few months later.
		The Battle of Plattsburgh Association aims to open the Interpretive Center by 2014, two centuries after the pivotal battle in Lake Champlain.
	www.pressrepublican.com /Archive/2000/07_2000/070820001.htm (369 words)

	Bluff Point (Valcour Island) Lighthouse, New York at Lighthousefriends.com
		The British discovered the motley crew shortly after 10:00 a.m., and turned to engage the Americans in what would be the first naval battle of the Revolutionary War, known as the Battle of Lake Champlain.
		Casting its shadow on the historical spot where the Battle of Lake Champlain began is a two-story lighthouse, located at Bluff Point on the western shore of Valcour Island.
		As with many of the lighthouses along the shores of Lake Champlain, keeper positions were often given to disabled Civil War veterans.
	www.lighthousefriends.com /light.asp?ID=675 (1315 words)

	Samuel de Champlain - The Battle of Ticonderoga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Champlain set camp near the Iroquois camp and, throughout the night, fires burned and war drums and war chants sounded.
		Champlain loaded 4 bullets in his arquebus, took careful aim, and felled 2 of the chiefs with a single shot.
		By the time they returned to attack Champlain, it was likely that Champlain and his group were well on their way back to Quebec.
	www3.sympatico.ca /goweezer/canada/z16champ4.htm (392 words)

	USS Lake Champlain (CG-57) - Ingenuity, Daring, Discipline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The green and white border around the blue field represents the Lake Champlain and the surrounding terrain where two significant naval battles were fought.
		The first, the Revolutionary War Battle of Valcour Island, is symbolized by the white star on the crest.
		The second, the War of 1812 Battle of Lake Champlain, is represented by the anchor and cannon on the blue field.
	www.lake-champlain.navy.mil /shield.html (208 words)

	Lake Champlain (from New York) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Lake Champlain's waters empty northward into the Richelieu River and flow 80 miles into the St. Lawrence.
		The 49,108 square miles (127,190 square kilometres) of New York are bounded, from west to north, by Lake Erie, the Canadian province of Ontario, Lake Ontario, and Quebec province; on the east by the New England states of Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut; on the southeast by the...
		Coastal lakes, for example, are often formed where waves and shore currents build sandbars across bays or wide river mouths.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-205520?tocId=205520 (877 words)

	The Mariners' Museum : Birth of the U.S. Navy
		In the wilderness of upper New York where roads were virtually nonexistent, naval superiority on the lake was the key to controlling the region.
		By the end of the summer of 1776, the revolutionary naval squadron on the lake consisted of sixteen ships ranging in size from small galleys carrying eight to ten guns to slightly smaller "gundalows" carrying three guns.
		Building a fleet on Lake Champlain delayed the British until it was too late in the season to attack Fort Ticonderoga.
	www.mariner.org /usnavy/03/03d.htm (560 words)

	USS Lake Champlain (CG 57)
		USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN is the eleventh TICONDEROGA class Guided Missile Cruiser and the tenth ship of that class built by Ingalls.
		USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN departed on a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean in 2000.
		Steaming with the USS JOHN C. (CVN 74) battlegroup, LAKE CHAMPLAIN traveled from San Diego through the snowy seas of Korea, around balmy Thailand, and into the arid climate of the Arabian Gulf.
	www.navysite.de /cg/cg57.html (1066 words)

	Battle of Plattsburgh Association
		On September 11, 2002 the battle portrait of Master Commandant Thomas Macdonough was unveiled at Plattsburgh’s City Hall.
		One of the many fascinating facets of the Battle of Plattsburgh is the story of the volunteer rifle company made up of boys too young to enlist for military service.
		The journal's first dozen pages detail Averill's recollections of the volunteer rifle company's exploits during the Plattsburgh battle, from September 3rd to September the 12th when the group disbanded; the remainder is a wonderful account of the life of a young, single attorney in the Plattsburgh area during the years 1818 - 1821.
	www.battleofplattsburgh.org /museum.html (707 words)

	Museum acquisition near (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Battle of Plattsburgh Association, a non-profit organization that has taken on the charge to publicize the importance of the War of 1812 battle on Lake Champlain, will soon have the property to start laying out its museum plans.
		Building 657, situated just south of the main entrance to the Old Base, houses some memorabilia from the Battle of Plattsburgh, including a bateau that was uncovered a few years ago in Cumberland Bay.
		The building has been the center of operations for the Battle of Plattsburgh Association as the group began planning what kind of museum would best suit the subject and the community.
	www.pressrepublican.com /Archive/2002/03_2002/030620024.htm (655 words)

	War of 1812 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Montreal on the St Lawrence was a strong position on the British side to which, however, the Americans had an easy road of approach by Lake Champlain.
		The Americans turned to the east of Lake Ontario, intending to assail Montreal by the St Lawrence in combination with their forces at the Battle of Lake Champlain.
		A subsequent attack at the Battle of North Point, against Maryland militia, in which General Ross was killed (September 12, 1814), was repulsed.
	usapedia.com /w/war-of-1812.html (3501 words)

	The Wargamer - Historical Article: September 11 Remembrance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Preble took heavy damage, but gave as good as she got, withdrawing from the battle but leaving the Finch grounded on the Crab Island shoals, where it was pummeled by the American gunboats.
		The best account of this battle I could find, however, was in Col. John Elting's book, Amateurs to Arms: A Military History of the War of 1812.
		The New Model Army forced a decisive defeat on the King at the Battle of Naseby in 1645 and is credited for bringing the First Civil War to an end.
	www.wargamer.com /articles/september_11_remembrance/page3.asp (790 words)

	The Battle of Lake Champlain, October 11, 1776 by James P. Millard
		The Battle of Lake Champlain, October 11, 1776 by James P. Millard
		These were the warships of the the new American navy, built a short time before in the southernmost reaches of the lake at a place known then as Skenesborough, today's Whitehall, New York.
		The battle to be fought in this place, at close quarters, by men described by Arnold himself as a "wretched, motley crew" would end in defeat for the American navy.
	www.historiclakes.org /Valcour/Valcour.html (652 words)

	USA: The Battle of Lake Champlain -05
		The fierce battle that followed was short-lived compared to that of the eleventh.
		After the defeat of the Washington, the Maria and the Inflexible turned their guns on the Congress, who was trading blows with the Carleton.
		He and three others of the crew were given a hasty burial at sea during the heat of battle.
	odur.let.rug.nl /usa.990917/E/champlain/champ05.htm (627 words)

	BurlingtonFreePress.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Heroic naval battles on Lake Champlain shaped the course of the American Revolution.
		Cleaning up Lake Champlain is a top priority for Sen. Patrick Leahy who has retrieved millions in federal funding for the basin.
		This battle to save Lake Champlain will be won when each of us does our part.
	www.burlingtonfreepress.com /specialnews/lake/12.htm (536 words)

	USS Ticonderoga - SmartyBrain Encyclopedia and Dictionary
		The first USS Ticonderoga was a 17-gun schooner of Commodore MacDonough's flotilla in the victorious Battle of Lake Champlain on 11 September 1814.
		The second USS Ticonderoga was a steam sloop-of-war which served with distinction during the Civil War.
		It was to become the lead ship of the Ticonderoga class, though it and other ships of this class are often subsumed into the Essex class carriers.
	smartybrain.com /index.php/USS_Ticonderoga (300 words)

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