Fort Ticonderoga

While we were in New York, Evie and I visited Fort Ticonderoga. The fort was built by the French and as with the French forts at Quebec City and Louisburg, the fort was built out of stone. The French were making a bold statement and to be as secure doorway to protect Canada from the British to the south. The fort is positioned at the midpoint of Lake Champlain at a narrows and where Lake George to Lake Champlain’s west empties via a short river into Lake Champlain.

Though she was of stone, and though the British were defeated on their first attempt to attack the fort, as with Ticonderoga’s two sister forts, she too fell to the British.

The British lost the fort to the Americans during the early days of the Revolutionary War who then lost it later to the British. By the time it was retaken by the British the battle field was much further to the south leaving Ticonderoga without any strategic importance. If you are in the area, visiting this piece of history that dates back 250 years is well worth it.

The last picture is of Lake Champlain looking south from the fort with the narrows off picture to the left and the mouth of the river from Lake George on the west (right) of the picture.