| New York (Essex County), Crown Point — “His Majesty’s Fort of Crown Point” |
| | “The fort is of wood, built in a most masterly manner. It has five Bastions, mounts 105 guns, and has casements for 4,000 Men, and to hold provisions de Guerre et de Bouche for four months. Within the Fort are good Stone Barracks for Officers and Men which … would conveniently contain 500 men.” Journal of Lord Adam Gordon August 1765 “There is a Large Fort begun. The Foundation is laid … built with timber and earth and is 25 feet thick. It is to be built twenty . . . — Map (db m11442) HM |
| New York (Essex County), Crown Point — Capture of Fort St. Frédéric |
| | This tablet is erected by the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New York AD 1912 to commemorate the capture of Fort St. Frédéric and the erection of this fortress AD 1759 by the British and Provincial Army commanded by General Sir Jeffrey Amherst. British Regiments 1st QR the Royal Regiment of Foot, 17th Regiment of Foot Forbes, 27th Inniskilling Regiment of Foot, 42nd Royal Highlanders – Black Watch, 55th Regiment of Foot – Prideaux, 77th Regiment Montgomery’s . . . — Map (db m9336) HM |
| New York (Essex County), Crown Point — Crown Point: Military Focus |
| | The most practical mode of travel and communication through the wilderness separating French Canada and British North America during the 18th century was by water. The Sorel (Richelieu) River, Lake Champlain, Wood Creek, and the Hudson River furnished a direct water route from Montreal to Albany, broken by portages around the rapids at Chambly on the Sorel and between the southern end of Wood Creek and the Hudson at Fort Edward. An alternative route by way of Lake George involved an additional . . . — Map (db m11434) HM |
| New York (Essex County), Crown Point — Fort St. Frédéric |
| | Fort St. Frédéric consisted of an outer, bastioned stone wall enclosing the Citadel, a four-story, eight-sided tower with walls twelve feet thick at the base. Cannon were mounted on each floor of the Citadel, and entry was gained by a drawbridge over a dry ditch. This fortress-within-a-fort contained living quarters for officers and men, a bakery, armory, and storerooms. Swivel cannon were mounted around the perimeter of the fort’s walls. British expeditions led by General William Johnson . . . — Map (db m11415) HM |
| New York (Essex County), Crown Point — Israel Putnam |
| | 182 feet north of this spot stood the oak to which Israel Putnam was tied and tortured by the Indians in 1758 — Map (db m9340) HM |
| New York (Essex County), Crown Point — Ruins of Pre-Revolutionary Village |
| | 500 Ft Ruins of Pre-Revolutionary Village and Trading Post — Map (db m45964) HM |
| New York (Essex County), Crown Point — The Barracks |
| | These barracks were constructed in the fashionable Georgian style of the day, uncommon in the northern interior of New York in the mid-18th century. The soldiers’ barracks is composed of four dwelling units of four rooms. Each doorway opens into a hallway flanked by two rooms. Originally, the hall contained a stairway to two rooms on the second story. Between twelve and eighteen soldiers occupied each room. Officers were allowed one or more rooms according to rank, and non-commissioned . . . — Map (db m11443) HM |
| New York (Essex County), Crown Point — The British at Crown Point |
| | Following the French retreat from Crown Point in 1759, General Amherst embarked upon an ambitious plan to secure the area for Britain. An elaborate system of fortifications was begun on the Point; at times as many as 3,000 soldiers and artisans were engaged in the construction of Fort Crown Point, three smaller forts (called redoubts), several blockhouses, storehouses, gardens, and military roads. A village grew up close to the fort walls, with a tavern, store, apothecary shop, and the homes of . . . — Map (db m11437) HM |
| New York (Essex County), Crown Point — The French at Crown Point |
| | In 1730, the French erected a small wooden fort at Point a la Chevelure, now Chimney Point, Vermont, thereby taking control of territory claimed by Great Britain under the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht (1713). The following year, construction of Fort St. Frédéric was begun on the western shore of the lake. Completed by 1737, the fort was garrisoned by about one hundred officers and men. For the next quarter-century, raiding parties originating from this post, such as the one which burned . . . — Map (db m11435) HM |
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