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The fort was first built of a double row of oak timbers seven feet high and ten feet apart and bound together by two cross-pieces dovetailed at their ends to retain the timbers.
Fort Sainte Frederic, says Peter Kalm,* " is built on a rock consisting of fl lime slates, and is nearly quadrangular, has high and thick walls, made of the same limestone, of which there is a quarry about half a mile from the fort.
Fort Frontenac, was the key to the west, and feeder of the Ohio country.
www.angelfire.com /il2/frenchwar/frenforts.html   (1917 words)

  
 Fort Tours | Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Ticonderoga was built by the French from 1755-1758 as Fort Carillon located above the narrow choke-point between Lake Champlain and Lake George, which controlled the major north-south inland water "highway" during the 18th century.
Due to this strategic location the Fort was the "key to the continent" as the superpowers of the 18th century, the French and the British, contested for empire in North America.
In 1820, William Ferris Pell purchased the ruins of the Fort and the surrounding land to preserve it for posterity.
www.forttours.com /pages/fortticonderoga.asp   (824 words)

  
 Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Ticonderoga was built in 1755 by Michael Chartier de Lotbinère.
The fort was to be built between Lake Champlain and Lake George.
The new fort, which the French called Carillon, was a star shaped building with wooden walls that were filled with dried mud.
members.tripod.com /~FortTic/Fort.html   (392 words)

  
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Fort Chambly saw few battles, but was an important fort as a stop in the long journeys between the forts on Lake George and Montreal.
Crown Point, NY Fort St. Frederic, built by the French during the earlier Queen Anne's War, was the base for French manoeuvers until Fort Carillon (Ticonderoga) was built.
Known as Fort Carillon during the French and Indian War, this fort was built by the French soldiers during 1755 and 1756 as an additional defense against English encroachment coming up Lake St. Sacrament [Lake George].
web.syr.edu /~laroux/events/events.html   (540 words)

  
 Fort Carillon
After the basic structure of the fort was established and the trees razed, it was discovered that the chosen location did not afford cannon coverage of the narrow portion of Lake Champlain.
Amherst easily captured Carillion, suffered minimal losses, and renamed the prize Fort Ticonderoga* — a name thought to be derived from an Iroquois word meaning “where the waters meet" or "noisy waters.” The French presence was gone from both Carillon and St. Frédéric, which left the British in control of lakes George and Champlain.
Carillon The following is an image derived from a Satelite photo of the Fort Fort Carillon (later Fort Ticonderoga) area.
www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1174.html   (774 words)

  
 Fort Ticonderoga History: 1700's Timeline
The Battle of Carillon lasted several hours during which time Abercromby lost over 1900 men, a third of whom were members of the 42nd Regiment of Foot, also known as the Highlanders, or the "Black Watch" Regiment.
After a four-day siege, the French abandoned the Fort after blowing up the powder magazine to prevent the British from gaining their ammunition and from using the fortress effectively in the future.
That winter Colonel Henry Knox volunteered to lead the expedition that dragged cannons from both Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point on sledges over the snow to Boston, where General Washington's army was attempting to free Boston from British occupation.
www.fort-ticonderoga.org /history/timeline1700.htm   (1161 words)

  
 Fort Ticonderoga was seen as 'key to the continent'
Fort Ticonderoga, situated high on a bank along the southwestern shore of Lake Champlain, was built by the French from 1755 to 1759 and originally called Fort Carillon.
The fort was dubbed the "key to the continent" during the North American colonization in the first half of the 18th century.
The fort was in a strategic place to help prevent the British from splitting the colonies, and the soldiers under Allen took advantage of the small redcoat contingent, about a half a company, stationed at Ticonderoga.
cityguide.pojonews.com /fe/DayTrips/stories/dt_fort_ticonderoga.asp   (792 words)

  
 FORT WILLIAM HENRY ... The Siege & Massacre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Several miles south and east of the lake stood Fort Edward, on the Hudson, the northern terminus of the English foray into this forested area.
General Marquis de Montcalm, in command at Fort Carillon, decided to invest and reduce the log structure at the south end of the Lake.
Meanwhile, Indian and militia marksman positioned themselves between the entrenched camp and Fort Edward, straddling the road, and harassed the beleaguered British.
www.mohicanpress.com /mo08009.html   (1651 words)

  
 Americans Capture Ft Ticonderoga
Fort Ticonderoga lay on the shores of Lake Champlain.
Called Fort Carillon by the French, it was renamed Ticonderoga by the British after it was captured in 1759.
The fort was positioned to cut the colonies in half, and two Americans, Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold, were determined to capture the fort.
www.multied.com /Revolt/ticonderoga2.html   (199 words)

  
 New York Forts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Grenadier's Fort was built to the east, Light Infantry Redoubt was built to the southeast, and Gage's Redoubt was built to the southwest.
Originally known as Fort Vaudreuil, and later Fort Carillon until the British took it from the French in 1758.
In 1711 the fort was rebuilt and renamed Fort Anne.
www.geocities.com /naforts/ny.html   (1672 words)

  
 Québec Forts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The fort was rebuilt in 1692 with thick stone walls and corner tower bastions due to constant Iroquois raids in the area.
The village (established later outside the fort) was attacked by Iroquois raiders in 1689.
The fort was demolished in 1672 as the city expanded northeast.
www.geocities.com /naforts/qc.html   (1388 words)

  
 Fort Ticonderoga, NY - Site on a Revolutionary Day
Fort Ticonderoga has been restored back to its original condition when the French first built the fort in 1755.
In two decades, Fort Ticonderoga was the center of attack by great nations as many as six times, four times during the American Revolution.
The group approached the fort that was being held by a small British company of about twenty men under the command of Captain Delaplace.
www.revolutionaryday.com /usroute4/ticonderoga/default.htm   (1194 words)

  
 Fort Ticonderoga, Ticonderoga, New York
Important awards: 1961 Fort Ticonderoga is named a National Historic Landmark 1972 Fort Ticonderoga is among the first museums in the country accredited by the American Association of Museums.
Website: www.fort-ticonderoga.org Fort Ticonderoga History Fort Ticonderoga was built by the French from 1755-1759 and called Fort Carillon, located above the narrow choke-point between Lake Champlain and Lake George, which controlled the major north-south inland water "highway" during the 18th century.
In 1820, William Ferris Pell purchased the ruins of the Fort and the surrounding "garrison grounds" to preserve it for posterity.
www.theautochannel.com /news/2006/07/05/013752.html   (1476 words)

  
 The Press Republican - Black Watch gallantry honored in Ti   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Led by the fort's Fife and Drums Corps in its new 18th-century French uniforms, a column of reenactors, tourists and staff members marched from the parade ground to the earthen embankments of the French lines Saturday.
Fort Ticonderoga is part of the nation's commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the French and Indian War.
Among the 250th anniversary events to be commemorated later at Fort Ticonderoga include: The Battle of Carillon in 1758, set for 2008; and The Siege of Fort Carillon by British General Jeffery Amherst and the destruction of the fort's powder magazine by retreating French forces in 1759, planned for 2009.
www.pressrepublican.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060710/NEWS/607100320/1001&ts=ts1   (632 words)

  
 Regiment de la Reine - Regiment History Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
During the attack a building in the fort catches fire and the combat was barely complete when the French noticed that the flames had reached the powder magazine.
The battalion continues with the construction of Fort Carillon and Captain Germain of la Reine prepares a plan of the fort for General Montcalm to submit to the Count d'Argenson in Paris.
Captain d'Hebecourt of la Reine is chosen to command at Fort Carillon with a picked detachment as the battalion marches to Quebec and winter quarters.
lareine.homestead.com /history.html   (3249 words)

  
 Fortress - Articles - Fort Frontenac 1758
But the most important attempt was the assault on Fort Carillon at Ticonderoga, against which the largest army ever assembled in America would march under the command of Gen. James Abercromby, commander-in-chief of the British forces in North America.
He had commanded at Fort Frontenac in the early 1720s when, before the building of forts Niagara and Toronto, it was the main French military post on Lake Ontario; he later served in Detroit and on the garrison staff of Montreal and as 'King's Lieutenant' (lieutenant-governor) of Trois-Rivières.
The fort's guns were thus served by men unfamiliar with artillery and this certainly explains the lack of success of their shooting.
www.ospreyfortress.com /articles/fort_frontenac.htm   (4392 words)

  
 The Battle of Ticonderoga   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Fort Ticonderoga was a stronghold throughout the Revolutionary War in America during the years of 1775 to 1783.
In 1755, Fort Carillon was built by the French on a military road on an Indian portage between the two lakes.
Later, in 1777, the American garrison was forced to leave the fort by British General Burgoyne and his men.
darter.ocps.net /classroom/revolution/ticon.htm   (285 words)

  
 LE MARQUIS DE MONTCALM ... Carillon et Les Plaines d'Abraham   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Webb was terror-stricken, Loudoun was outraged, and the colonial militia began pouring in to Fort Edward.
Fort Carillon had been pestered through the winter by the activities of Rogers' Rangers.
In November, Fort Duquesne was abandoned by its commander, Captain Ligneris, with the approach of the English under Brigadier John Forbes.
www.mohicanpress.com /mo08006.html   (4312 words)

  
 Fort William Henry Letterbox
Fort William Henry was built by the English in 1755.
The Marquis of Montcalm moved south from Fort Carillon (Ticonderoga) in August, 1757, and laid siege to the fort with vastly superior numbers.
The fort was burned, and the retreating English were massacred by the Hurons allied to the French.
www.sover.net /~tcooch/william.htm   (457 words)

  
 Fort William Henry Museum - Lake George
Fort Lyman’s name was later changed to Fort Edward in honor of King George II’s grandson the Duke of York.
Construction of the Fort began on a rise west of Johnson’s camp but was delayed when word came that a French force of 1,250 men under Baron Dieskau was moving south along Wood Creek towards Fort Edward.
Construction continued on the Fort which was completed in the fall of 1755 under the supervision of Maj. William Eyre.
www.fwhmuseum.com /archaeology.html   (704 words)

  
 Forts Carillon and Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain by James P. Millard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Concerned that the venerable fort of St. Frederic at Crown Point would be unable to resist the growing threat from the English to the South, the French under Marquis de Lotbinière begin construction of a larger fort on the peninsula at the mouth of the stream from Lake George in October, 1755.
The restored fort holds a British garrison for the rest of the War and well into the peaceful period beyond the end of the Seven Years War.
Diminished in importance, the fort is allowed to deteriorate, while the area around the lakes is settled by Colonists of English descent.
www.historiclakes.org /Ticonderoga/Ticonderoga.html   (1449 words)

  
 Fort St
This structure gave France control of the Champlain valley until the completion of the much larger Fort Carillon (Fort Ticonderoga) which was completed in 1760.
Fort Frederic figured prominently in the French and India War period.
The result was a fort that rose 27 feet above it's stone foundation, and would serve the British well until 1775, when it was captured by American Colonists.
www.angelfire.com /weird/propofol/crownpoint/crownpoint.htm   (325 words)

  
 Fort William Henry “Massacre”
Fort Carillon, located between lakes Champlain and George (Lac du Saint Sacrement to the French) was the southernmost outpost of New France.
The closest British position was Fort Edward on the banks of the upper Hudson River to the southeast.
The victors solidified their position by constructing the wood-walled Fort William Henry, which was designed to serve as a base of operations for future campaigns against French positions to the north.
www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1175.html   (864 words)

  
 Carillon Letterbox
They called it "Carillon," meaning "bell," after the shape of the peninsula that separates Lake Champlain, controlled by the French, from Lake George, controlled by the British.
Cannons from the fort were lugged over snow all the way to Boston, where they allowed Washington to effect an end of the British siege.
You are with the French forces defending Fort Carillon.
www.sover.net /~tcooch/carillon.htm   (448 words)

  
 National Park Service - Explorers and Settlers (Fort St. Frederic)
The eastern side of the four-story fort had a high watchtower that had thick walls and was equipped with a number of cannon.
The fort was served by a battery of 62 guns.
Some years after the fort's construction, the French erected a second fort, Carillon, 12 miles to the south to further protect the Lake Champlain approach to Canada.
www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/explorers/sitec45.htm   (313 words)

  
 National Park Service - Colonials and Patriots (Fort Ticonderoga)
Strategically located at the junction of Lake Champlain and Lake George, Fort Ticonderoga was the key to both Canada and the Hudson Valley in the 18th century.
On July 8, 1758, an army of 15,000 British regular and colonial troops attacked the fort and was repulsed with heavy loss by the French under Montcalm.
The fort is four-sided with bastions extending from its four corners.
www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/colonials-patriots/sitec28.htm   (609 words)

  
 French and Indian War Campaigns   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Another early transportation route discovered by the French was the Champlain corridor which traveled south from the St. Lawrence River on the Richelieu River into Lake Champlain and Lake George and then portaged to the Hudson River that ran south to New York.
Among the first forts constructed by the French on territority threatening Britian was Fort St. Frederick; at the end of the war it became the British Fort Crown Point.
South of it was Fort Carillon later to become famous as Ft. Ticonderoga.
www.fortedwards.org /maps/us-fimap.htm   (374 words)

  
 Fort Ticonderoga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The fort's primary goal was to control the south end of Lake Champlain and to prevent the British from getting a toe hold on the lake.
The garrison of the Fort was by Regiment de la Reine.
The 42nd Highland Regiment (the Black Watch) was especially badly mauled in the attack on Fort Carillon, giving rise to a legend involving the Scottish Major Duncan Campbell.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_Carillon   (1052 words)

  
 Links to French & Indian War Sites
Fort St. Frederick was the earliest and one of the most imposing fortifications to be raised on the French claims of Lake Champlain sometime after the first French presence in 1731.
New England's oldest surviving fort was built in 1754 as a storehouse and garrison at the head of navigation on the Kennebec River.
Whereas the forts of the Virginia frontier were built by colonial soldiers or civilians, most of the major forts of Pennsylvania and New York were built by British engineers from plans still available in archives.
www.fortedwards.org /f-i-war/f-i-link.htm   (786 words)

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